Tag: South America
Olas Verdes First LEED-certified boutique surf hotel in Costa Rica
Experience adventure, culture, sanctuary, and pura vida.
Olas Verdes, a Costa Rican boutique hotel in Playa Guiones, Nosara is thrilled to announce its opening as the world’s first LEED-certified surf hotel.
Nestled away from the coastline alongside a jungle forever preserved, Olas Verdes provides immediate access...
Festival of the Gauchos in Argentina
75th anniversary of the Gaucho Games
Argentine Cowboys strut the streets for a week-long festival and celebration of their culture
Once a year in the historical town of San Antonio de Areco in Argentina, gauchos (a.k.a. cowboys) from all over the country gather to show off...
AGWA de Bolivia
Coca leaf liquor’s unique “green glow” is fun in Halloween cocktails—or any time of year.
By Hope S. Philbrick
AGWA de Bolivia, billed as the world’s premiere coca leaf liquor, is "grown in Bolivia, made in Amsterdam." I'd never heard of the green stuff previously, so...
Johnny Schuler, Master Distiller of Pisco Portón
By Hope S. Philbrick
Master Distiller Johnny Schuler owes his current position as one of world’s foremost pisco authorities and advocates to a coincidence.
In 1977 he was asked to step in as a judge at a pisco competition after the other judges became too inebriated...