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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

The grape carmenere was probably in Chile for more than 100 years, but no one knew it was carmenere until 1994. Until genetic technology evolved and Chileans took a close look at their vines, they ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Carménère, Chile’s flagship red wine grape, has a great survival story. Although it was once widely planted in the Médoc region ...

Chile has long been a source of good value wines, mostly a variety of French-origin grapes. But over the past 30 years, a previously little-known grape, carménère, has become widely considered Chile’s ...

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 ...

"Now" is a provocative marketing term as in "What's the best wine to drink now?" The thing is, with wine, there's a whole lot of "then." And uniquely, with Carmenere, between then and now - nothing.

Carmenère and Cabernet Franc are two challenging grapes to grow, says chief wine maker Rodrigo Romero at Viña Maquis. “You have to pay very close attention both in the vineyard and in the cellar.” ...