Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler: And how you can start drinking Bolivian wine right now. In 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay hosted a blind wine-tasting contest. Tasters sampled tannat wines, made with a grape originating (but not universally beloved) in France, that is now a prized export of Uruguay. The surprise winner: a Bolivian wine. It was Bolivia’s first-ever grand…
Day: January 24, 2021
In photos: how Bolivia’s masked shoe-shiners became superheroes
Federico Estol’s series gives glamour and respect to La Paz’s marginalised community, Financial Times: There are 3,000 shoe-shiners who go out into the streets of La Paz, the Bolivian capital, each day in search of clients. They are all ages and have become a unique phenomenon: what distinguishes this tribe is their use of ski…
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