Plots in Argentina's Napa up for sale to investors

Buenos Aires

AS an autumn chill settles over the southern hemisphere, the harvested Argentine vineyards mottling yellow and russet, Jose Manuel Ortega's winery rises amid snow-capped Andean foothills.

Inside, Mr Ortega is holding forth on why the poetry of a Malbec yields to the prose of healthy profits, especially with October presidential elections due to end the 12-year reign of the Kirchners, who have drawn the ire of many business executives.