Hitting the Highlights of Santiago, Chile!

05/03/2019wareontheglobe 3 Comments

Santiago is the capital of Chile, the long, skinny country on the Western side of South America. Chile is bordered to the right by the Andes mountains, to the left by the Pacific Ocean, to the North by the desert, and to the South by glaciers. Due to its isolated location, Chile is indeed unique and extremely proud of its country and local products. Side note – to protect this status, Chile is also very particular about what one can bring into the country (wine is allowed).

Wine map of Chile. The most appropriate kind of map.

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Restaurant Review: Jacinto, Montevideo, Uruguay.

01/03/2019wareontheglobe Leave a comment

Montevideo has a number of good restaurants, but I found Jacinto on on Bourdain’s Parts Unknown: Uruguay. Since Bourdain loved Jacinto, I just had to eat here. I made a reservation a couple weeks before we left, which, looking back, was probably unnecessary.

Jacinto.

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Touring the Colchagua Valley Wine Route in Chile.

26/02/2019wareontheglobe 1 Comment

Dan and my wine-cation last Thanksgiving unexpectedly took us to Santiago, Chile after visiting Uruguay (mainly because of flight schedules to/from the US). Since we were in Chile, we absolutely had to engage in some Chilean wine touring, especially since we do not drink much Chilean wine. In fact, we really did not know much about Chilean wine at all.

The stunningly beautiful Colchagua Valley.

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Bodega Bouza: The Perfect Day Trip From Montevideo.

08/02/201908/02/2019wareontheglobe 1 Comment

The Canelones wine region, Uruguay’s most popular wine region, is located just outside of Montevideo. Since its so close to Montevideo, its definitely feasible to explore some of its wineries on a day trip from Montevideo. As you may know, Dan and I are big fans of Uruguayan wine, and we decided to fit in a little wine touring when we were in Montevideo last Thanksgiving!

Canelones wine region.

Bouza Barrels.

A day trip to Canelones is very easy if you have a rental car; you can just drive from Montevideo and park on site. If you don’t have a car, some companies run tours from Montevideo or you could hire an Uber. We did not have a car, but we came across an offer from Bodega Bouza to participate in a 1/2 day tour with lunch and transportation to and from our hotel, and we signed up for it! The tour was very well run and I would absolutely do this tour again.

Danny on wine tour. Check out those cork shoes.

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A Weekend in Montevideo, Uruguay: Wine, Meat, and Art Deco.

05/02/201905/02/2019wareontheglobe 3 Comments

Dan and I spent Thanksgiving 2018 in Uruguay! We initially started in Western Uruguay and moved East after a few days. Particularly, after visiting excellent wineries in Carmelo, Uruguay (Western Uruguay) for as much Tannat as we could drink, we spent a few days in Montevideo before flying to Chile for more wine tasting!