"There is no love sincerer than the love of food... [and wine]"
[Remastered] quotation from George Bernard Shaw.
Click on some of the links below to read some of Amanda's recently published Food and Wine articles. See 'Archive' for more articles.
" 'Eating out... in,' (that is eating out at a 'home' restaurant) is being heralded as a new and trendy concept across cosmopolitan cities around the world. However paying to eat at other people's houses is how the 'restaurant' originally started. It was Ma Yung's chicken house in China that..."
Wine Republic, April 2011
A day in the life of a grape picker
"Many people have a romantic image of grape picking: fuelled by holiday packages grape picking in Southern France, sun soaked paintings of pickers at dawn and Russell Crowe movies. Even Mendoza's Vendimia festival gives the impression that the harvest is somewhat glamorous..."
Wine Republic, February 2011
Cabernet Footprint: Organic Wine
" 'Organic', like 'sustainable', often appears as a marketing term hijaked by companies aimed at giving stay-at-home, yoga-practising yummy mummies an affordable sense of wellbeing. On a recent trip to an organic vineyard in Valle de Uco called Occioverde, I learnt that beyond the ..."
Wine Republic, January 2010
How to bluff your way as a wine expert
"Mendoza can be a daunting destination for wine amateurs. Gentle bar chatter in a city with a swollen population of sommeliers, oenophiles, wine snobs and fiercely-proud locals (where everyone and their grandmother would happily correct Michel Rolland) can be a somewhat bewildering..."
Wine Republic, December 2010
A perfect marraige: Italian food in Mendoza
"And how does Maria Teresa make her renowned pasta you ask? "You take the flour, eggs and a pinch of salt, and kneed it as if you are conducting music," she moved her hands in a sweeping orchestra conductor motion, "then you leave it to rest. I always think of making pasta..."
The Mendoza Sun, 6 June 2010
Wine Republic Awards 2010: 'The List'
Mendoza's best restaurants reviewed by Amanda Barnes in Wine Republic's Awards 2010: The List.
Wine Republic, 1 July 2010
Azafran: Nouvelle Cuisine a la Mendoza
"Azafran is an inspiring, beautiful restaurant that proves perfectly how Argentine cuisine is no longer grid locked at steak and empanadas but is working its way into the world of 'nueva cocina Argentina' and finesse. Starting life out as a deli specialising in imported goods in..."
The Mendoza Sun, 24 April 2010
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