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Book Description
A photographic journey into the singular beauty and unique terroir of the high altitude wine country of Mendoza, Argentina. With images taken by the renowned wine country photographer Sara Matthews, this work presents the defining characteristics of Mendoza as a wine growing region. The essential uniqueness of this high desert viticulture with cold nights and concentrated sunlight, along with, stony, dry soils reveals why many wine experts look for the best wines of the world to evolve from this region.
Complete with insightful commentary from Argentina's leading vineyard managers and winemakers, the book also offers an extensive section of maps and contact information for Argentina's wineries, an invaluable guide for the wine tourist visiting Argentina.
About the Author
Sara Matthews has specialized in wine photography for editorial and corporate clients since 1986 and has photographed in the U.S., France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Cyprus and Argentina as well as Chile. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Newsweek, Departures, Cigar Aficionado, Food Arts, The Wine Spectator and USA Today. She has published several other books, including The Wines of Long Island (1993), Guide to the Hamptons & Long Island Wine Country (1995) and A Village In The Vineyards (1993). Sara has had three solo exhibitions in France and Argentina. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Sara speaks French, Italian and Spanish and lives in Brooklyn where she and her husband have restored a hundred-year-old house and garden.
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