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...Did three weeks of bike riding through the urban chaos of Santiago qualify me for a full day hike?...
....£10 Tesco De Martino, Parcela #37 Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Maipo 13.5%Intense, ripe Cabernet fruit from mature vines in Chile’s top Cabernet region near Santiago....
...Undurraga, one of Chile’s oldest wine producers, is currently on a roll — as evidenced by this perfumed but substantial wine from the classic red-wine region just outside Santiago. 14% Goisot, Corps de...
...World’s best — the 15 past winners 2016 Jon Arvid Rosengren of Sweden, in Mendoza 2013 Paolo Basso of Switzerland, in Tokyo 2010 Gerard Basset of the UK, in Santiago de Chile 2007 Andreas Larsson of Sweden...
...Santiago Mitre, 35, made a splash with his 2011 directorial debut El Estudiante (The Student), an unflinching look at the underbelly of university politics....
...After a pause, our host, Santiago Mymicopulo, opens the door, confirms we’re in the right place and welcomes us to Casa Coupage....
...Mendoza’s celebrated work ethic derives partly from its proximity to Chile – Santiago, the capital, is only 360km away, while Buenos Aires is 1,200km distant....
...Gehry and Renzo Piano have both created vineyard structures that double as exhibition spaces; Argentine firm Bormida & Yanzon has gained a global reputation thanks to its creative designs for vineyards in Mendoza...
...Furthermore, the Cristo Redentor pass, which links Mendoza with Santiago in Chile, is blocked by snow for 40 days a year, often leaving trucks stranded in subzero temperatures....
...This correspondent drove from the mountains of Mendoza, near the Chilean border, halfway across the country to the province of Córdoba before finding fuel stations with normal supplies....
...Rolando Mendoza, the dismissed police officer who seized the tourists, was killed by sniper fire after the shooting began and special police forces stormed the bus, according to Leocadio Santiago, the police...
...I remember flying in to Santiago de Chile with Jacques in 1995 and marvelling at quite how many currencies he routinely kept in his wallet....
...Highbury Vintners, Planet of the Grapes Quebrada de Macul, Peñalolen Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Maipo Valley 16 Drink 2010-13 From the property that makes Domus Aurea on relatively high ground south east of Santiago...
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