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Travel + Leisure, November 2014 Summary

In Travel + Leisure’s 2014 Great Escapes magazine, Nikki Ekstein explores Colombia’s Coffee Triangle as a premier origin-tracing gastronomic destination. Emmanuel Burgio of Blue Parallel provides expert regional perspective on Colombia, likening its coffee fincas in Pereira and Armenia to Mendoza’s renowned wine estancias and detailing bespoke itineraries through the wax-palm forests of the Cocora Valley.

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“Burgio says the fincas of Pereira and Armenia are like the estancias of Mendoza, Argentina, ten years ago. His itineraries include the Cocora Valley, home to half a dozen heirloom cultivars—and the world’s tallest palm trees.”