Chilean wines are often overshadowed by wines from their next-door neighbor, Argentina. And for those who have tried wines from Chile, most people have probably only had cabernet sauvignons from this ...

“Carmenère will be Chile’s flagship variety,” declared Rene Merino, the President of Wines of Chile in 2010. When I heard this, my jaw dropped and my eyes widened in disbelief. What?! This herbal, ...

When any wine area is establishing itself on an international stage, it helps to be able to rely on a single grape variety, at least in the beginning. In New Zealand, for example, that was sauvignon ...

Alto Jahuel: French wine expert Jean Michel Boursiquot made a discovery in November 1994 at the Viña Carmen vineyard in Chile's Maipo Valley that broadened the horizon for the Andean country's wines.

Ask any casual wine drinker where most great malbec comes from and they’ll immediately say Argentina. Move on to carmenere and prepare for a blank stare. The signature red grape of Chile, carmenere ...

The grape Carmenere presents a bit of a conundrum. A relatively obscure variety, it is becoming better known - at least in Chile, where it has found a welcome home. More Carmenere, one of Bordeaux's ...

Carmenere, one of the six noble Bordeaux grape varieties, is undergoing a resurgence in Chile. (See related story, Page F1.) We hadn't seen many Chilean Carmeneres in stores or on wine lists, so we ...

Carmenere, one of the six noble Bordeaux grape varieties, is undergoing a resurgence in Chile. We hadn’t seen many Chilean Carmeneres in stores or on wine lists, so we decided to give them a try. The ...

It's a lovely Chilean red and it's not Merlot. WSJ's Lettie Teague and Tanya Rivero look at the mystique of the Carmenere grape, which wine lovers are rediscovering. Photo: Getty A FRIEND OF MINE ...

In this March 24, 2018 photo, mature grapes hang at Viu Manent vineyard in Colchagua, Chile. The South American country has been making wine since the mid-1500s, when Spanish settlers brought the ...

Chile long has had a reputation as a reliable producer of tasty, affordable cabernet sauvignons and sauvignon blancs, and more recently also for carménère, chardonnay, Bordeaux-style blends and pinot ...