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08 05 10
Malbec Drinkers in Brazil Use Real Rally to Buy Argentine Cases >>
Argentine wineries are boosting sales to Brazil faster than to any other market after the real’s 31 percent rally against the peso since May 2009.
08 05 10
Latin America's Credit Ratings Are Blessed >>
Latin America, already this year's world leader in credit-ratings upgrades, could see more improvements to its credit rankings over the remainder of 2010, Moody's Investors Service said in a set of new reports highlighting increasingly stronger economic growth in the region and prudent debt management.
08 04 10
Argentina GDP To Grow At Least 7% This Year - Economy Minister >>
Argentina's gross domestic product is seen growing well over initial expectations this year, increasing by 7%, economy minister Amado Boudou told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference with local businessmen.
08 04 10
Polo and wineries: the new trend in the world of wine >>
The world of wine has gone beyond the boundaries of the winery and is now linked to other activities like polo. An increasing number of wineries boast their own polo fields now or are sponsoring a team.
08 02 10
Mendoza, once again among Latin America`s top destinations >>
Due to its natural attractions and the quality of its services, the province won a place within the ranking of the prestigious magazine Travel + Leisure. National Geographic also included it among the top of the world.
07 29 10
Argentina 2Q Unemployment Falls To 7.9% -President >>
Argentina's jobless rate dipped during the second quarter of the year as a strong economic rebound fueled hiring.
07 26 10
Wine Republic's - "The List 2010" >>
Cradled in rich natural beauty, this peaceful town has attracted both a thriving tourism industry and a resident population of artists, poets, and musicians. San Rafael serves as an excellent setting out point for visiting more rural destinations...
07 25 10
San Rafael: "The Other Mendoza" >>
When we speak of wine locally we are almost always speaking of Mendoza. But which Mendoza? Anybody who has made any sort of study or survey of Mendoza wines will realise that the province is pock-marked with pockets of wine producing valleys areas and regions that confer upon their wines a certain character different from others.
07 21 10
Foreign tourism in Argentina increases 30% in June >>
The number of tourists that arrived in Argentina during June reached 199,993 and increased 30 percent compared to the volume reported during the same month last year, according to an official report.
07 21 10
Cool Off This Summer South Of The Equator At Algodon Wine Estates And Virgo Hotel & Spa >>
For those who can't bear the heat this summer, a trip south of the Equator, where the seasons are reversed, offers the ideal escape to cool down. This August 1st through September 11th, travelers can enjoy a four-night Summer Ski & Wine Getaway package at Algodon Wine Estates (AWE), an internationally award-winning Argentinean wine and golf estate in San Rafael, Mendoza, and the nearby Virgo Hotel & Spa, one of South America's leading ski resorts.
07 19 10
Argentina expects more than five million foreign tourists in 2010 >>
Argentina is expecting over five million tourists this year, a historic record which represents a 15.5% increase over 2009, said Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer.
07 12 10
Goldman Sachs Boosts Argentina Growth Estimates,Warns Of Risks >>
Goldman Sachs on Monday said it expects Argentina's economy to grow significantly faster than it had previously expected this year, as the government is expected to maintain a rapid increase in public spending to boost its chances in the presidential election in 2011.
07 12 10
Argentina Properties Sotheby's International Realty opening office in Mendoza city >>
Sotheby’s International Realty has chosen Mendoza for its next location to open an office...
07 09 10
Argentina Central Bank reserves once again exceed US$50 Billion >>
International reserves once again exceeded the US$50 billion mark, boosted by an intervention to the Central Bank by the market in a record purchase of US$262 million.
06 30 10
Economies in Latin America Race Ahead >>
While the United States and Europe fret over huge deficits and threats to a fragile recovery, this region has a surprise in store. Latin America, beset in the past by debt defaults, currency devaluations and the need for bailouts from rich countries, is experiencing robust economic growth that is the envy of its northern counterparts.
06 30 10
RBS Raises Argentina’s 2010 GDP Growth Forecast to 7% >>
06 28 10
Argentina May Shopping Center Sales +37.4% On Year -Indec >>
BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina's shopping center sales in May continued to post strong growth on the back of high clothing, footwear and electronics sales, the national statistics agency ...
06 27 10
Qatar Airways Launches New Flights To South America >>
Qatar Airways has celebrated yet another milestone in its short history with the launch of scheduled daily flights to Brazil and Argentina marking its foray into South America for the first time.
06 25 10
Argentine economy expands 9.7 pct in April >>
06 18 10
Mendoza: Real estate transactions grew 6.3% in the first half of 2010 >>
Indications show that the sales and purchases of properties in the Mendoza province are recuperating compared to last year, according to data provided by the government (Registro Público y Archivo del Poder Judicial). Between January and March of this year, 7,815 property transactions were recorded, compared to the same period last year of 7,350.
06 17 10
Value, quality propel Argentina wines >>
Sorry, Evita. If there's any crying going on in Argentina these days, it's likely to be in the vineyards. And they're tears of joy.
06 15 10
Argentine GDP Warrants Climb to 1-Month High on Growth Outlook >>
Argentine warrants linked to gross domestic product rose to the highest price in a month as investors bet that growth in South America’s second-biggest economy will trigger payments.
06 11 10
Positive outlook for the Argentine economy according to international bank >>
Argentine stocks are poised to a boost from a likely decline in the nation’s credit risk by year-end and the presidential elections in 2011, according to analysts from Spain’s Banco Santander, one of the leading financial institutions in Latinamerica.
06 09 10
Polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt prostate cancer growth >>
In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org), explains how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth. This finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer progression, or improve current treatments.
05 26 10
Don't cry for Argentina's wine >>
Sorry, Evita, if there's any crying going on in Argentina these days, it's likely to be in the vineyards. And they're tears of joy.
05 25 10
Teatro Colon reopens in Buenos Aires >>
Argentina’s renowned Teatro Colon, one of the world’s great opera houses, has reopened after a three-year restoration project.
05 12 10
Malbec consumption triples >>
According to a report issued by Nielsen, in the last 52 weeks, the consumption of Malbec grew by 60%. This makes Malbec the best performing variety in the US market.
05 04 10
Adiós Argentina—For Now >>
Well, it had to come to an end. And now it has. By the time you read this, I will have returned home to the United States. And Argentina, as so often happens with one’s travels, will rapidly become a dream.
04 28 10
Argentina Opens the Tap for Malbec >>
FOR the last few years the wine business has been riddled with dire warnings and disastrous portents. In the United States and around the world, producers have struggled with the bad economy and the sluggish market. One slender segment, seemingly alone, has not only weathered the storm but also prospered: malbec from Argentina.
04 28 10
Don't Cry for Me: DailyCandy Goes to Buenos Aires >>
04 14 10
Demand for Malbec expected to increase by 15% >>
In order to respond to the growing demand, the large exporting companies have expanded their vineyards and installed capacity, especially for the production of Malbec. In 2010, foreign market demand for this emblematic variety is expected to increase by 15% or more.
04 12 10
Latin America poised for real estate surge as developers and buyers show increased interest >>
Latin America property markets are set to grow as international interest in real estate opportunities intensifies with developers eyeing a number of key countries including Brazil, Argentina and Panama.
04 09 10
Ford plans $250M investment in Argentina business >>
Ford Motor Co. has announced a $250 million investment to develop and produce a new vehicle in Argentina over the next two years. The automaker, based in Dearborn, Mich., said Wednesday that the investment will also fund upgrades and improvements at its plant in Argentina, which will manufacture the new vehicle for Ford's Latin America markets.
04 07 10
“This may be the best harvest of the last decade” >>
Federico Galdeano talks about the general situation of Argentina’s wine industry and especially about Trivento. With an optimistic outlook, he maintains that the climatic conditions will be positive for the harvest.
04 06 10
Gujarat Realtors Eyeing Latin American Real Estate Market >>
Latin America is now on the radar of realtors from Gujarat. Come July, and about 100-odd builders and developers from across the state will fly to Brazil and Argentina for a 10-day tour to study the local real-estate markets existing in these countries.
04 01 10
Six places you never thought you could afford >>
Dreaming of a far-flung vacation? This year, those out-of-reach destinations may be surprisingly affordable. Last year, we covered six places you never thought you could afford. This year, we've compiled another six hot spots, with a twist—while these locales may be expensive to get to, the in-country costs make the vacation budget easy. In fact, we've even compared these far-flung locales with more traditional vacation destinations to show you just how budget-friendly globetrotting can be. Read on to start planning this year's vacation of a lifetime.
03 30 10
Purchases and openings >>
The hottest issue in wine circles these days was the news that DLJ (Donaldson, Lufkin and Jeanrette), the American asset management group, which controls Peñaflor, was supposed to have closed the sale of 50% of the shares of their holding of six wineries to the Bemberg family, former owners of the Quilmes brewery, for a sum of over USD 300 million.
03 20 10
Buenos Aires celebrates “excellent” 2009/10 cruise season with 11% more visitors >>
With just a few days for the official end of the 2009/2010 cruise season Buenos Aires City is celebrating an increase in the number of ship calls and visitors, according to the preliminary results of a poll contracted by the City’s Tourism Board.
03 19 10
Michael Buerk on the passion of Argentina >>
Introducing a guide to Latin America 200 years on from independence, Michael Buerk salutes the variety and vitality of one of its greatest countries.
03 18 10
Positive Signs For Latin America Vacation Ownership, RCI Reports >>
With Brazil and Venezuela recording double-digit growth in interval sales in 2009 mainly due to their sales in the domestic market, Latin America showed signs of strength and continued to attract new players to its vacation ownership industry.
03 17 10
Buenos Aires' Famed Teatro Colon To Reopen May 24 >>
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri set the date in a Wednesday announcement revealing that the Teatro Colon is finally ready to again put on performances. The opening will come a day before Argentina celebrates the bicentennial of its independence.
03 16 10
What I've Never Seen Before >>
One of the pleasures of my current prolonged stay in Argentina is that I’m a newbie. I’m hardly a newbie to wine. I have been writing about it for 32 years, after all. But I am a newbie to Argentina—to its wines, its culture, its language and to its unique perspective on the world, which derives in large part from its roller-coaster politics and economics.
03 15 10
A bit of southern exposure could do you good >>
Argentina is a country of contradictions. Beyond Buenos Aires’s most recognizable monument—a massive obelisk situated in the middle of the Avenida de 9 Julio, one of the widest avenues in the world—the architecture of the country’s capital confirms that an amalgam of cultures collided here.
03 13 10
Two Worlds of Argentine Wines >>
The futuristic winery of O. Fournier is an apt symbol for the transformation of Argentina's wines. Resembling a flying saucer perched on massive concrete struts, the winery may as well have arrived from another galaxy. More than in any other wine-growing nation, Argentina's wines have been transformed by the capital, ambition and distribution muscle of Caesars from afar, most of them European.
03 09 10
Napa wines losing ground as loan defaults rise >>
In California's Napa Valley, producer of America's most expensive wines, 2010 may be a vintage year for repossessions as the industry is squeezed by falling land values and a consumer shift to cheaper brands.
03 09 10
Home Builder TGLT Proceeds With Argentina's First IPO In 2 Yrs >>
Despite the challenging political environment in Argentina, home builder TGLT is moving ahead with plans to list its shares on the Buenos Aires stock exchange within the next month, the first new Argentine share offering in nearly two years.
03 07 10
Buenos Aires for Those Who Shun Steaks >>
IT was over a bowl of delicious, spicy-sweet peanut soup with pesto made from huacatay, or Andean black mint, that I realized the vegetarian diner was now perfectly welcome in Buenos Aires. As a vegetarian traveling in a country where beef takes center stage, I expected my meals to be relegated to an assortment of side dishes — sautéed greens, some variation of potatoes — supplemented by the occasional granola bar.
03 06 10
Worldwide Investments Recommends Overseas Property Investment in Brazil and Argentina >>
According to spokesperson, Mrs. Anna Thompson, investors would be recommended
to consider developing economies for growth opportunities as opposed to
traditional markets. She says, "South American economies are especially
developing well by comparison to mature economies in Europe. What's more,
countries such as Brazil and Argentina offer particular opportunities in
land investments on top of property investments."
03 03 10
Credit Suisse Recommends Shifting Into Bonds From Argentina >>
Credit Suisse Group (CS) recommended to its clients Tuesday that they consider buying more Argentine bonds.
03 02 10
Argentina is starting to develop a culture of fine-wine appreciation >>
“At the bank where I work, we have an informal wine-tasting group that meets every few weeks. Why don’t you join us?” This invitation came, very nearly out of the blue, from a guy I met in a local wine shop.