Under a Blood Red Malbec: Bono & Co. may have found a good excuse to keep coming back to Argentina.

When rock stars are jetting around the world on sold-out tours, they usually finish a show, pack up the gear and kite off to the next country or continent ASAP. That is unless you are U2 and the country in question is Argentina where the quality of life is tops in Latin America. So far the band has spent ten days in Argentina, played three sold-out shows in Buenos Aires and appears in no hurry to get to the concrete fortress of Sao Paulo.

And now it seems the Dublin quartet want a piece of Argentina for themselves. With business taken care of in BA, Bono and Co. flew to Mendoza to begin looking for vineyards. Area del Vino’s Gabriela Malizia writes, “According to sources who saw them visiting several vineyards, Bono was actually drawn to invest in Mendoza initially because of the favorable exchange rate.” Just like any important tour stop, he was accompanied by The Edge and other members of the band’s entourage.

It’s hard to imagine a better endorsement for the quality and livability of a country than this extended vacation and private vineyard investment by rock’s top-grossing act. The fact that the group played Even Better Than The Real Thing for the first time in a decade when they returned to Buenos Aires last week is more a reflection of the group’s fondness for Argentina than mere coincidence. We also think the Ministry of Tourism has found their new slogan: Argentina: Aun Mejor que la Cosa Real. (Full Story in Spanish)

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