For generations, Argentine wine was famously bad
- oxidised, unpalatable & often mixed with a low-class French grape called Malbec. But then in 2001, a Cabernet Sauvignon/ Malbec blend beat all contenders in a blind taste test featuring Napa & Bordeaux`s finest. Today, Argentina & its signature wine are on the tip of every smart traveller`s tongue. The Vineyard at the End of the World explores the question of how this happened. Profiling the outlandish figures who fuelled the Malbec revolution
- including celebrity enologist Michel Roll&, acclaimed American winemaker Paul Hobbs & the Mondavi-esque Catena family
- Ian Mount describes in colourful detail the nefarious scams, brilliant business innovations & back room politics that put Malbec on the map.