
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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South American wine trends: From the sommeliers
What’s the next big trend in South American wine?
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New Master Sommeliers lose title after tasting exam ‘compromised’
Tasting exam results declared invalid...
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Montes starts island vineyard in Chiloé
The first vineyard on the island of Chiloé...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Chile 2018 vintage: ‘A year of finesse’
One of the best in recent years, say winemakers...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Argentina 2018 vintage: Good news for producers with a return to ‘normality’
Winemakers in Argentina are celebrating the end of a productive vintage...
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Cryptocurrency for wine launches
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Uco Valley winery O Fournier sold
For an undisclosed amount...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Pairing Spanish wines: From the sommeliers
Advice from the experts...
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Top five harvest festivals in South America
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How to pair Californian wines – from the sommeliers
We get the advice...
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Insider’s guide to eating and drinking in California
We ask the sommeliers and winemakers...
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Deadly fires hit wine regions in Spain and Portugal
Devastating fires claim lives and damage vines...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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La Niña brings hot and early 2017 harvest for Chile
The year has kept winemakers on their toes...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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A small but promising vintage for Argentina 2017
A fantastic harvest in terms of quality...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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China is now Chile’s most lucrative wine export market
Chinese consumers develop thirst for Chilean wine...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Chile fires: 100-year-old vines lost in ‘national catastrophe’
Vineyards lost in 'national catastrophe'...
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Fires threaten vineyards in Chile’s Colchagua Valley
Chilean vineyards put on 'red alert'...
By Amanda Barnes MW Published
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Breakthrough may save Cabernet Sauvignon from climate change
Scientists close to cracking Cabernet genetic code...
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California & North America 2016 harvest report
Amanda Barnes rounds up the action so far...
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El Nino hampers Argentina’s 2016 wine harvest
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Rain means Chile 2016 vintage ‘more like Bordeaux’
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And the Best Sommelier in the World competition winnner is…
Read on to see who has won...
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