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Malbec is known as the signature grape of Argentina, but can it age? We found this out, at least for our bottle sampled, during my Bodega Norton wine maker dinner earlier this month. Bodega Norton’s Chief Winemaker, Jorge Riccitelli brought 3 bottles of their 1974 Malbec from Argentina for us to try. Now this was not their Reserva level at…
Having dinner with the Wine Maker of the Year for 2012 is quite an event. The odds of having a chance to meet and talk with the wine maker of the year, is slim, with so many great wine makers from around the world. For me there is also a dash of synchronicity happening as I one week before reviewed…
About Bodega Norton Bodega Norton started in 1895 when Edmund James Norton arrived in Mendoza, Argentina. He founded Bodega Norton, south of the Mendoza River, planting vines he imported from France. It wasn’t until 1989, almost 100 years, before Gernot Langes-Swarovski from Austria bought Bodega Norton. Through his efforts, in 2006, Wine Spectator nominated Bodega Norton as one of the…
