
Amanda Barnes MW
Amanda Barnes is an award-winning wine journalist and expert in South American wines and regions. Based in Mendoza since 2009 she is a regular South America correspondent, critic and writer for Decanter, as well as other international wine publications, and she is the author and editor of the South America Wine Guide. She has been awarded by Born Digital Wine Awards, Millesima Blog Awards, Great Wine Capitals Best Of and Young Wine Writer of the Year. She has received a fellowship from the Wine Writers Symposium, a scholarship for the Wine Bloggers Conference, and the Geoffrey Roberts Award. She was a judge at the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
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Celebrating Tannat Day
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Uruguay celebrates the many expressions of its flagship variety
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Amanda Barnes: My top 10 South American wines of 2021
Favourite bottles from tastings throughout the year
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South American Chardonnay: 73 wines tasted blind
Quality is higher than ever...
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A Tannat tour of Uruguay
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Sustainable Uruguay
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How Chile’s 2020 vintage looks after year of extremes
Frost, drought and summer heatwaves left no shortage of challenges for Chile's winemakers...
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Regional profile: Luján de Cuyo
A region where tradition is preserved and protected, even as tastes evolve and new styles emerge
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Ferocious frost hits Chilean vineyards
A cold front caused significant frost damage to some vineyards in Chile’s Central Valley....
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Travel guide: Exploring Northern Croatia
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Undiscovered Uruguay: Montevideo & Canelones
If you’re visiting South America, schedule a relaxed stop-off in Uruguay...
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Patagonia: South America’s new frontier
Fresh and delicate wines at the continent’s southernmost point...
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Chile vintage 2019: Promising vintage but yield drops across Chile
A good vintage but low yields...
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Travel: Three ‘Casonas’ in Chilean wine country
Explore Chile's wine country...
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Top São Paulo restaurants and wine bars
São Paulo’s food scene is buzzing and diverse....
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Santa Rita replanting – a clean sweep
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The Decanter interview: Daniel Pi
The Peñaflor veteran is a central figure in the story of Argentina’s wine industry....
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Tasting South American wine history: The ‘Criolla’ revival
Bringing the past to life with long-lost varieties...
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Argentina 2019 harvest: Excellent vintage across the board
The best vintage of the decade...?
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‘English Sparkling’ becomes a new lick of paint
Following a collaboration with Laithwaite's Wine...
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Heavy rainfall in California ‘is a blessing’
After five years of drought...
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Patagonian lakes wine tour
Patagonia's flagrant beauty and untamed wilderness put it at the top of the bucket list for any wanderlust traveller, and the region’s wines are hidden gems of South America, says Amanda Barnes....
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Top Lima restaurants and wine bars
A wine lover's guide...
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New winemaker for Miguel Torres Chile
A new technical director...
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New coastal vineyard in Argentina planted at more than 45° South
One of the southernmost vineyards...
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