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Article: Argentina's Andes Advantage
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 8, 2009
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Ask a retailer or restaurant sommelier which wines are most
popular today, and one of the first answers you're likely to get
will be malbec. Specifically, malbec from Argentina. Ask which wines
over-perform for their price, and you'll probably get the same
answer.
Argentina's wine exports to the United States have risen
dramatically, from 15.6 million bottles in 2002 to 52.8 million last
year, according to the May issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine. Most
of that increase has been malbec.
Malbec is one of the five major red grapes of Bordeaux, typically
blended in small amounts for its deep color and soft texture. It
forms the backbone of the "black wine" of Cahors in southwestern
France (with ...