In today’s installment of the Bonner Private Research Podcast I’m joined, in studio, by Mr. Diego Samper. Hailing from the coffee regions of Colombia, Diego moved to Argentina’s capital city more than a decade ago. Having fast fallen in love with Argentina’s unique wines, Diego soon began working with Bill Bonner and his sons, Will and Jules, on developing the family wine partnership.

Located in Gualfin (literally the “end of the road”) in the far-flung province of Salta, the Bonner Family ranch is truly a remote and rugged patch of land... with an environment particularly well-suited to producing some of the world’s highest-altitude Malbec grapes. The Estancia’s own production, Tacana, is an intense wine of strong, robust character... as I discovered on the show when Diego and I shared a couple of glasses over an hour-long conversation.

We spoke about what goes into making a top notch wine (hint: it’s not about points or fancy labels), the unique characteristics of ultra high-altitude grapes and how the Bonner Private Wine Partnership http://bit.ly/BonnerPrivateResearch is working to bring some of the world’s best and undiscovered wines to your table.

So grab a glass of your own and join us for a look inside the rapidly evolving world of wines...
Bullet Points
01:15 - Introducing Diego Samper: From Colombia to Argentina
02:00 - The similarities between coffee and wine
06:17 - The Legendary Gualfin in Salta, Argentina
10:19 - How altitude affects wine
14:32 - Argentina’s wine history & production
16:48 - Producing wine without pesticides
18:33 - How production started in Salta
21:35 - The partnership: Helping small wine producers get to the US
24:52 - The democratization of the market
26:16 - Argentinian wines
28:16 - The club that allows you to try out wine from different regions
30:31 - Putting argentinian wine in the map, and a price comparison
32:31 - The different wine regions in Argentina
35:19 - Why wine rates are overrated, and how to approach wine instead
38:48 - How to taste wine
40:07 - How different variables affect the wine

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