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07 01 10
20 to Watch: 2010's Best Up-and-Coming Hotels >>
Algodon Wine Estate’s sister property in B.A. gets our vote for travelers in search of luxury and authentic Argentinean culture. Set in a restored 1912 mansion in the heart of the city’s residential Recoleta neighborhood, the 10 rooms include a swoon-worthy Royale Suite with a grand piano, sitting room with a fireplace, and a steam shower. Also on offer are tango lessons and handmade cigars from the humidor at Frank’s Cognac Bar. Doubles from $800.
05 23 10
"Travel with Stephanie Abrams!" Radio Show >>
Travel Expert Stephanie Abrams and the "Travel With Stephanie Abrams!" Radio Show sample the wines of South America with Scott Mathis, CEO and Founder of Algodon Wine Estates in San Rafael, Argentina. Algodon was founded about 5 years ago when Scott bought the vineyard and estate in Argentina's Mendoza region, at the base of the Andes. Scott originally intended to buy a small vineyard, around 40 acres, but ended up with Algodon, which has 2,050 acres of estate land and 325 acres of vines.
05 05 10
Algodon Offers Personalized Wedding Wine Barrels >>
Algodon Wine Estates (AWE), an award-winning Argentinean wine and golf estate in San Rafael, Mendoza, offers a personalized wine barrel program that might just be the ideal wedding gift. The ring and the ceremony are nice, too--but making it "official" with customized wine labels offers something refreshingly new that won't be the norm with one's other married friends and peers.
05 03 10
Argentina's Algodon Wine Estates Offers Wine Barrels for Newlyweds >>
Algodon Wine Estates in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, is offering personalized wine barrels for newlyweds, packaged with two-day stays at the Algodon lodge, through a new program. The wine/resort packages are designed as a unique wedding gift. Users go online to select a barrel and bottle label design and provide the newlyweds’ names.
04 22 10
Exchange Rate, Investors Boost BA Hotel Sector >>
While new hotel construction slowed in Argentina in 2008-09, the sector is starting to come back to life thanks to a more favorable peso/dollar exchange rate and the determination of international investor groups, according to Ellen Hoffman of Hotel News Now (HNN).
04 21 10
Buenos Aires hotel sector coming back >>
The prospects for hotel occupancy growth and development in Buenos Aires have started to turn around in the recently ended summer tourist season—but the market still has a long uphill climb ahead of it.
04 16 10
Algodon Wine Estates is honored at Tablet Hotels soiree >>
Algodon Wine Estates has been recognized by Tablet Hotels as one of “The Top 10 New Hotels” in North, South, and Central America. Tablet Hotels is one of the world’s leading online travel agencies dedicated to boutique and luxury hotels worldwide. Their reputation is built on an authoritative selection of the world’s most extraordinary hotels.
04 13 10
Destination: Argentina: Buenos Aires >>
If Madonna, Nicole Kidman or Lady Gaga were coming to Buenos Aires to film a remake of “Evita,” they would be sure to stay at the Algodon Mansion.
04 13 10
Just Back from...Uruguay, Argentina and Chile >>
For my kid’s spring break this year, we went south—way south—and caught the beginning of fall (think perfect Indian summer weather) in the southern hemisphere.
04 09 10
This week's travel buzz >>
The hotel boom in Buenos Aires continues with the recent opening of The Algodon Mansion. Far from the cluster of boutique hotels in bohemian-chic Palermo Soho, this refined 10-suite property is set in a restored 1912 mansion in the posh Recoleta district, home to designer shops, grand hotels and the famous cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. Guests are treated to a stash of luxurious amenities, including a pillow menu, a bottle of private collection Algodon wine and a personal butler who is on call 24/7 to arrange everything from dinner reservations to tango lessons.
04 02 10
Investments in Wine & Real Estate >>
Scott Mathis has been in the financial business for 26 years now –even in companies that had their golden ages such as Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers-, but since 1999 he expanded his scope of action and established his own investment fund: Invest Property Group, IPG, which is dedicated to real estate developments in California, New York and Mississippi. Right in the middle of the Argentine crisis, Mathis, a US citizen, decided to take even greater risks. He saw an opportunity and has already invested USD 25 million in the country.
04 01 10
Medals for Algodon Wine Estates >>
In the category of wines of more than 10 dollars, the winery Algodón Wine Estates received two silver medals for Semillón 2009 and Algodón Wine Estates Malbec 2008, in the Fourth Edition of the Argentina Wine Awards.
04 01 10
What’s Hot in Buenos Aires: Algodon Mansion, a New Wine Hotel >>
There’s a new luxury boutique hotel on the scene in B.A. that’s “perfect for wine aficionados.” And we can see why. The folks behind the new Algodon Mansion are the Algodon Wine Estates & Champions Club, the 2,050-acre vineyard estate in the heart of Malbec wine country, aka “the Napa Valley of Argentina.”
03 31 10
New Buenos Aires hotel has real cultural appeal >>
Algodon Mansion opens this month in Buenos Aires' exclusive, culture-rich Recoleta district.
03 31 10
Buenos Aires: A City of Style—and Sizzle >>
Welcome to Argentina’s capital, where European sophistication meets Latin passion—and the streets are a-tango 24/7.
03 31 10
Talent born in the Province of Mendoza >>
With his abstract art, he invites to a celebration of the colors of the Province of Mendoza and with his tribute to the wine and his native province, he takes his work to Algodon Wine Estates, in San Rafael.
03 25 10
Fashion in Focus: Algodon Mansion >>
(From Google translate) On March 18 took place in Algodon Mansion (the deluxe hotel located in a French palace Recoleta), a press breakfast where the issue presented Hermés spring - summer Monde D 'Hermes 2010.
03 25 10
Opulent wine hotel opens in Buenos Aires >>
The glamorous Algodon Mansion is the latest in a string of luxury boutique hotels to sprout up in Latin America, and promises to be one of the most extravagant yet. Perfect for wine-aficionados, the restored French-style mansion in Buenos Aires is the latest city outpost of Algodon Wine Estates & Champions Club - the famous Mendoza country lodge and the premier producer of Malbec.
03 19 10
Contame un cuento, invitame a jugar... (Hermes event at Algodon Mansion) >>
(Translated from Google translate): Tell me a story, invite me to play ...This post is an invitation to the world of childhood, to that magical moment when we had bedtime stories or start in fantasy and imagination. It is a proposal that seeks to restore those experiences from our childhood, to open the door to go play ...
03 17 10
Is This The Hottest Hotel Staff in Buenos Aires? >>
The hotel sent us some snaps of the pre-opening party they hosted for Buenos Aires architect/interior designer/socialite Javier Iturrioz (wow, he certainly has a lot of jobs!) Amongst the snaps of BA socialites and modelizers partying it up at the hotel, we came across this shot of the staff. And we likey.
03 15 10
Amazing Argentina >>
From the bustling streets of Buenos Aires to the vineyards of Mendoza, you'll find a country full of romance and culture.
03 08 10
Travel to Argentina to Visit your Wine >>
If travel, just for the sake of travel, seems too decadent for you, how about this excuse: I have to pop down to Argentina to visit my vineyard and check on my wine. OK, I might be overstating things just a bit, but with the Algodon Wine Estates Barrel Ownership program you can combine your love of travel with your love of wine.
03 07 10
San Rafael, gladly >>
The city and its environs surprised by the variety of gastronomic choices as to assemble, step by step, a complete meal, with wine included. This is another Mendoza. The landscape of vineyards and olive groves the allied with the region surrounding the capital, but San Rafael has its own seal.
02 28 10
Southern Style >>
Wine tourism, a magnet for VIPs. The wine industry has experienced a major breakthrough in recent years that allowed a breakthrough, not only in quality but in the increase in serious projects with vision based on the highest standards of quality.
02 18 10
Anticipation: Chez Nous Restaurant >>
02 01 10
Algodon Mansion is mentioned in this month's Travel+Leisure Magazine as one of 30 romantic dream trips! >>
01 31 10
New York Times: 36 Hours in Buenos Aires >>
Contemporary Argentine history is a roller coaster of financial booms and cracks, set to gripping political soap operas. But through all the highs and lows, one thing has remained constant: Buenos Aires’s graceful elegance and cosmopolitan cool. This attractive city continues to draw food lovers, design buffs and party people with its riotous night life, fashion-forward styling and a favorable exchange rate.
01 30 10
Season of light and colour: Spring holidays >>
Where to go when: From skiing in Lebanon to India's Holi festival, here's a timely guide to the Spring.
01 27 10
'Mi Casa es Su Casa' Says Buenos Aires' Fancy New Algodon Mansion >>
Joining the long lineage of estate-cum-hotels is Buenos Aires' Algodon Mansion, a 20,000 square foot property whose roots date back to 1912. The hotel, set to open in March of this year, is being described in an all too familiar manner: your home away from home (or "Your Own Private Mansion").
01 03 10
Travelista Buenos Aires >>
Argentina’s wine scene is booming, and there’s another wine-country presence making its debut in Buenos Aires: Algodon Wine Estates & Champions Club, the Mendoza country lodge and premier Malbec producer, now has a smart city outpost. Algodon Mansion (pictured; www.algodonmansion.com; suites from $484), a lovely converted 1912 private residence, has just 10 very sleek contemporary suites (the smallest of which clocks in at a healthy 60 sq m), and can be taken as a single rental for private parties.
12 02 09
Buenos Aires' Recoleta District Unveils New Luxe Algodon Mansion >>
Ideal for high-end executive retreats or as a treat for a top performer, the Algodon Mansion opens next month in Buenos Aires, Argentina, joining other top luxury properties (including Alvear Palace and the Park Hyatt's Palacio Duhau) in the city's tony Recoleta neighborhood.
12 02 09
Algodon Wine Estates Adds Barrel Ownership Program >>
What's both prestigious and convenient? Having your own barrel of wine from an award-winning winery. Algodon Wine Estates in Mendoza, Argentina's wine capital, now offers its varietals for purchase at the barrel level, allowing companies to offer a personalized appreciation gifts. Levest Electric Corp. and EZ Studios, each based in New York City, have purchased barrels and given their customized bottles of wine to employees and clients.
11 09 09
Argentina Real Estate: Still Holding Up >>
Argentina has become world famous for its beef, tango, and passion for soccer. It has made a name for itself as a wine country. Tourists have discovered the awe-inspiring natural wonders of Patagonia. Retirees looking to stretch their savings have come knocking on the country's doors. Many have made a home for themselves and have told their friends all about the good life in Argentina.
11 06 09
Algodon Wine Estates Wins 2010 Global Best Of Wine Tourism Award >>
Château Giscours in Margaux, former Best Of Wine Tourism Best Of winner, hosted 250 members of the Bordeaux wine trade, local and regional personalities and the delegates to the Great Wine Capitals Global Network annual general meeting for the 7th annual international ‘Best Of Wine Tourism' awards ceremony that took place on November 5th.
11 01 09
Algodon Wine Estates' Migration Package in Travel+Leisure Magazine >>
Algodon Wine Estates Migration Package: enjoy 2 nights and 3 days in our Malbec, Bonarda or Cabernet Superior Suite...
10 12 09
The Winners of "Best Of Wine Tourism 2010" >>
More than 200 guests at "La Enoteca" met the winners of the International Best Of Wine Tourism 2010 Contest. Around 45 wineries, restaurants and tour operators from Mendoza competed for this important prize and aspire to win the major prize against the other 7 cities of the Great Wine Capitals Network.
07 01 09
Unique Places: The Next Napa Valley >>
06 19 09
Algodon Wine Estates' Malbec Rated A "90" By Wine Expert Anthony Dias Blue >>
Algodon Wine Estates' 2004 Malbec scored 90 points out of 100 in a recent tasting conducted by Anthony Dias Blue, one of the most influential wine personalities in the United States. The ranking is featured in the July issue of The Tasting Panel, a leading monthly industry publication of which Dias Blue is Editor in Chief. Each month, Dias Blue tastes over 500 wines and features his top picks in the magazine.
06 16 09
Elite Recommends: Custom Vintages >>
Bespoke suits, shirts and shoes all fit you better than mass-produces alternatives. The same is true for wine. The most innovative vintners are encouraging clients to customize wines to personal tastes.
05 05 09
Hundreds show up for Algodon Wine Estates' Grape Crush at City Winery in NYC >>
On Sunday, May 3 City Winery and Algodon Wine Estates hosted Mendoza Crush Fest, New York City's first international grape crush. The day included live crushings of Algodon Wine Estates' Malbec and Bonarda grapes (with guests' participation) as well as tastings from Algodon wines along with more than 30 other wines from Argentina, a traditional Argentine asado (barbeque) and live tango music.
05 01 09
Algodon Mansion in Air France Magazine >>
04 30 09
Mendoza Crush >>
Out, damn spot. There’s juice on your hands!
What: Argentine tasting, tangoing, and tampering.
Why: You’re pretty in purple.
When: Sun., 3-10 p.m.
Where: City Winery, 155 Varick St., at Vandam St. (212-608-0555).
04 21 09
Argentina's premier Algodon Wine Estates comes to City Winery >>
ARGENTINA's premier Algodon Wine Estates comes to City Winery, 155 Varick St., NYC's only little old winemaker, May 3. Winos may partake in an all-day $35 grape-crushing event . . .
04 13 09
Custom Winemakers Present Mendoza Crush Fest >>
This May 3rd, City Winery (CW), New York City's first and only wine-making facility, will join forces with Algodon Wine Estates (AWE), Argentina's premier wine and golf estate, for an unprecedented Argentine wine-crushing event.
04 11 09
The combination of golf, vineyards and houses takes hold as an investment in Mendoza >>
Another million-dollar project that combines golf, wine and luxury homes began to take shape in Mendoza and shows that the format is here to stay. The project is set to attract foreigners who have no confidence in the economies of their countries and seek another destination for their money. This time, the hand of the golfer Eduardo "Gato" Romero has been a large capital investment in South Africa, associated with British and Americans, on an area of 300 hectares in Tunuyan. Is already the third of its kind that exists in the province, after the already entrenched Viñas del Golf (now Algodon Wine Estates) San Rafael.
04 09 09
Head to New York for the city's first Mendoza Crush Fest >>
This April 26, City Winery (CW), New York City's first and only wine-making facility, will join forces with Algodon Wine Estates (AWE), Argentina's premier wine and golf estate, for an unprecedented Argentine wine-crushing event. AWE is currently shipping six tons of Malbec and Bonarda grapes from its vineyards in Mendoza (winner of the 2008 wine region of the year award from Wine Enthusiast) to New York to be crushed and made into wine in New York City for the public to see. This will be CW's (and New York's) first international grape crush, and to celebrate the event, CW will be producing the first annual Mendoza Crush Fest for the public on Sunday, April 26.
03 27 09
Batata Clerc llegó para quedarse en Mendoza >>
Mendoza crece a pasos agigantados en el plano deportivo. La explosión que ha provocado el tenis en el último lustro promete extenderse y prueba de ello son las inversiones que se están produciendo en el rubro. Esta semana, en ese paradisíaco paraje que la cadena Algodón tiene en Cuadro Benegas, San Rafael, se presentó el proyecto tenístico más importante de la región.
03 26 09
"Batata" Clerc, tendrá su Academia de Tenis en San Rafael >>
El ex tenista internacional argentino, hoy dedicado a la docencia de este deporte, señaló que la idea nació en momentos en que José Luis Clerc daba una clínica en Mendoza, y le comentan sobre el proyecto en San Rafael, lugar que desconocía, y desde cuando se inician los contactos con los impulsores del mismo.
03 26 09
Clerc confirms that 11 courts will be built >>
TENNIS. Amidst olive trees and vineyards, surrounded by a golf course, and with the backdrop of the Andean foothills, José Luis Clerc officially announced the beginning of construction of the 11 courts that will provide the foundation for his academy, where official ATP tournaments are slated to be held, all on the immense property of the Algodon Wine Estates company.
03 16 09
A Dream Home - Or Dream Investment - Is Still Feasible In Argentine Wine Country >>
With the economy in the slumps and the housing market on hiatus, the last thing on most people's minds is spending more money, or investing in more property. At least in the US, that is. Go south of the border to Argentina and it's a different story.
