Notes from the Road
A traveller’s record of places, provisions, and the small companion who now comes along. Read about the author if you’re a curious traveller, or work with me if you mean business.
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Featured Stories
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Achaval Ferrer: The Art of Single-Vineyard Malbec
An afternoon at Achaval Ferrer in Mendoza: tasting Quimera, Altamira and Mirador, with the Andes in view and olive oil to take home.
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Catena Zapata: Inside Mendoza’s Wine Pyramid
Inside Catena Zapata’s pyramid in Mendoza, tasting Angélica Zapata and Nicolás Catena Zapata, with a fresh look at the family’s international recognition.
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Planting Rice at the Living Land Farm in Laos
In Laos, sticky rice shapes meals, work and ritual. My visit to the Living Land Farm follows the labour and knowledge behind the country’s everyday food.
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Argentine Wine: Mendoza and the Uco Valley
A journey through Mendoza and the Uco Valley, with Malbec, Torrontés, mountain vineyards and the history behind Argentina’s wines.
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Atamisque Lodge: Where Tranquility Is Part of the Landscape
A stay at Atamisque Lodge, on a working winery and trout farm in Mendoza’s Uco Valley: Serbal wines, cherries from the saddle, a wood fire and the Andes…
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Getting to the Togean Islands
How to reach the Togean Islands in Central Sulawesi, by the overnight Tuna Tomini ferry from Gorontalo or the faster southern route through Ampana, and where Sulawesi’s divers…
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Climbing Mount Rinjani from Sembalun
The hardest climb of my life, from the fields of Sembalun to Rinjani’s summit at dawn, with practical advice and the treks I would choose next across Indonesia.