Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture
I visited Montes with Rodrigo Barral chief viticulturist and Santiago Izcúe, winemaker. It was an interesting visit: this is a
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Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting naturally made wines from an amazing old vineyard
Website: https://www.vinosgonzalezbastias.com/ Jose Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo are custodians of a remarkable six-hectare vineyard in Chile’s Maule Valley planted
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Highlights: Morandé La Capilla El Cabernet de Ránguil 2021 Itata, Chile
This is quite special. It’s from 130 year old ungrafted vines planted on degraded granite soils, with a red clay
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Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile
Viviana Morales is the talented winegrower behind the wines of Sauzal Winery, with its brand Viñedo Los 5. As with
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Visiting Renán Cancino of Huaso de Sauzal, making ultratraditional wines from Maule, Chile
Sauzal is a small village in the northern part of Cauquenes, in the Maule region of Chile, and it’s where
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Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label
Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of
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Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery
Website: https://www.emiliana.cl/en/ Emiliana is an important winery for Chile. I visited with winemaker Noelia Orts (pictured above) in the Los
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Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery
Website: https://maturanawinery.com/en José Ignacio Maturana worked as chief winemaker for Casa Silva for 15 years, but quit his job in
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L’Entremetteuse: lovely natural wines from a French expat in Colchagua, Chile
Website: https://lentremetteuseandco.cl/ French expat Laurence Réal studied in Montpellier and then moved to Chile 32 years ago. She’s been working
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Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca
Website: https://www.casamarin.cl/ Casa Marin is one of Chile’s success stories. It’s a boutique winery based in Lo Abarca, which is
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