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    Wines from The World’s Last Wild Frontier

    You may have had Argentine malbec wine before. But it was likely from Mendoza.

    The Calchaquí is about 500 miles north of there, squeezed into a narrow corridor between miles of desert and the jagged peaks of the Andes mountains. At over 1,000 miles from the nearest port, it is the most isolated wine region in the world.

    Because that of that, wines from Calchaqui are ultra-rare in the US.

    On the rare occasion they are available, entire vintages sell out in 24 hours. A single bottle can go for over $500…if you get it from a middle man (for a much less expensive way to taste these wines, keep reading…)

    In contrast to industrial wineries, the vineyards of the Calchaqui get natural snowmelt water (purified on its fall down the mountainsides)…

    Nor do local winemakers believe in using dyes, flavoring or filtration…

    Plus, at such extreme altitudes, there’s little need to drench the grapes in antifungals and pesticides (common in some famous regions).

    First time drinkers often note its inky, near-black color.

    The Wine in Your Supermarket vs. Real Wine real wines – usually harder to find:

    Industrial wines in your supermarket can include:

    • Oak “flavoring” and other additives

    • Purple dye called “Mega Purple” (far more common than you think)

    • “Fining agents” like potassium ferrocyanide (yes “-cyanide”)

    • Glyphosate, the weed killer found in RoundUp, which the World Health Organization recently determined may promote cancer)

    • The French pesticide scandal after a lab found pesticides in 90% of French wines they tested

    • The scourge of residual sugar, which comes from the practice of harvesting grapes before they’re fully ripe… then covering it up by adding more sugar!

    A growing number of wine drinkers are now turning their back on supermarket wines… and towards a rare red wine known for its dark, near black color… its high levels of longevity and anti-oxidant nutrients… and the extreme altitude vineyards (above 8,000 feet) where it is made.


    Unlike Napa or Bordeaux, with their five-star hotels and plush wine tours, Argentina’s Calchaquí Valley is often described as the world’s last wild frontier.

    It’s a land where cowboys still sleep under the stars using their saddle bags as pillows

    …where women work looms in the early dawn’s first light

    …where the nearest city is six-hours away across a jagged mountain landscape

    …where a small brotherhood of winemakers continue a tradition 200 years old, to produce some of the finest wine in the world.

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    Last edited by Sponsa: 24/11/20
 
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