For ONLY magazine, August 2021.
Mendoza wine guide
The 30 coolest streets in the world
(Time Out, June 2021) We quizzed 27,000 city-dwellers and asked local experts to rank the top streets in the world for food, fun, culture and community A bustling thoroughfare linking smart Palermo with edgier Villa Crespo, Calle Thames is best known for its independent kitchens and watering holes, many housed in repurposed buildings. Foodies revere […]
From Asia to Argentina: Meet the Chefs Spicing Up Buenos Aires
(Fine Dining Lovers) Given that two-thirds of all Argentines have either Italian or Spanish blood, it’s not surprising that European dishes (with hints of Middle Eastern and Jewish flavours) have long dominated food heritage in Argentina. But because of the South American country’s willingness to welcome migrants, a wave of Asian cuisines have been steadily […]
Patagonia Road Trip
(The Essentialist) Longing to roam free? Chase the scent of adventure beginning in the world’s most southern city, hugging the Andes and navigating north through Patagonia before heading east to the Atlantic. A road trip traversing such vast and striking landscapes makes for the perfect slow-travel voyage, to be filed under ‘epic’. For the rest […]
The 25 best rooftop bars in the world
(Time Out) Good drinks, great vibes and epic views: our global list of the world’s best rooftop bars covers Europe, Asia, the USA and beyond. Trade Skybar, Buenos Aires The view Buenos Aires vistas come two for the price of one at Trade, which houses watering holes on both the 19th and 22nd floors of the Argentinian capital’s […]
The best new restaurants in the world: the Hot List 2021
(Condé Nast Traveller) These are the best of restaurants to have opened in the last year, our 2021 Hot List. They are the spots we can’t wait to eat in as soon as it’s safe to do so. FAYER, Madrid, Spain Having introduced their fascinating mix of Argentine and contemporary Israeli cooking to Buenos Aires four years ago, […]
Condé Nast Traveler Hot List 2021 Estancia La Madrugada
(Condé Nast Traveler) Why book? Come for the boutique estancia, stay for the candle-lit barbecue suppers, endless pampas landscape, and comforting dose of all-inclusive TLC from host Cinders Paxton. Set the scene: Paxton is currently working with local social-distancing rules to welcome just four guests at a time, who get to play in 17 acres […]
Condé Nast Traveller Hot List 2021 A slow stay amid the gauchos of Argentina
(Condé Nast Traveller) Why book?Come for the boutique estancia, stay for the candle-lit barbecue suppers, endless pampas landscape and comforting dose of all-inclusive TLC from host Cinders Paxton. Set the scenePaxton is currently working with local social-distancing rules to welcome just four guests at a time, who get to play in eight hectares of farmland […]
How Parrilla Don Julio Helped a Neglected Buenos Aires Square Bloom
(Fine Dining Lovers) It’s a warm autumnal afternoon in Buenos Aires, ash leaves dot the pavement and sun streams between the mid-rise buildings in the hip barrio of Palermo. At Huerta Luna de Enfrente, a sustainable urban community allotment, a small group of green-fingered neighbours are taking advantage of the amiable weather to transplant seedlings into 30-cubic-metre vegetable […]
Smuggled Hops and Flashes of Triumph — A Buenos Aires Pub Crawl with Brewer Hernán Castellani
(Good Beer Hunting) It’s a balmy summer afternoon when I set off with Hernán Castellani on a cruise around the low-slung suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires. We’re in search of what was, until recently, elusive here: good beer, made with care. Castellani, who operates the cuckoo brewing project Sir Hopper, has offered to take me […]