Dry-farmed Chile, the exciting wines of the South (1) VIGNO in Maule
Chile is changing, drafting a new constitution and facing up to the past. Chilean wine has been changing too, adapting
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Growing wines in Chile’s northern desert: 10 years of the Tara Atacama project from Ventisquero
Tara is a remarkable wine project in Chile’s Atacama desert. Jamie Goode tastes through the first 10 years of this
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As Chile votes no to a radical new constitution Francisco Baettig delivers yet another round of iconic bottles to the world’s collective table..
Chile is at a pivotal point in its history – Sunday saw an historical vote on a new Constitution that
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The Business of English Wine (4): Cliff Roberson of Roberson Wine transports us from the basements of 60s London to upscale Manhattan, Chile and Bordeaux as he recalls 50 full years in the trade
What do David Bailey, Michael Caine and Cliff Roberson have in common? They’re all working class London boys made good.
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Chilean Sauvignon Blanc: tasting 18 examples
Sauvignon Blanc is an important grape for Chile. It’s the second most planted variety, with 15 222 hectares. Things really
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Highlights: A País Pair from southern Chile’s Carter Mollenhauer
Karine and her husband, Edgar Mollenhauer run their family winery in the Maule, making a few small-production wines from indigenous
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Highlights: De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault 2020, Itata, Chile
This wine really launched De Martino, and Itata, on the world wine map when the first vintage in 2011 was
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New Wave Chile is here, with a little help from South Africa: the wines of Longavi
Inspired by the Swartland Revolution, three men have started a cross cultural company making low intervention wines from old vines
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No es Pituko, an exciting range of natural wines from Chile
No es Pituko translates as ‘it ain’t fancy’, and this is a series of natural, no-added-sulfite wines from Viño Echeverria.
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It’s Carmenere day, and I taste two good examples from Errazuriz
It’s Carmenere day! And here I taste two really good examples from Errazuriz. Carmenere hails from Bordeaux, but it found
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