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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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.

You could get a stiff neck walking around Santiago, Chile, just from looking up. That’s how mesmerizing the first rung of the snowcapped Andes are, towering above the city to the east. Now, as the ...

*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 ...

“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, ...

How to explain the sudden success of carmenere? It’s as if America Ferrera’s “Ugly Betty” character suddenly morphed into Angelina Jolie. This once neglected grape from France’s Bordeaux region, first ...

In the glass: This Tacora wine is a deep, dense blood-red color with an opaque core going out into a fine crimson to slightly tinged rim definition with high viscosity. On the nose: It has immediate ...

Price: $9.99 per bottle. Availability: All wine and grocery stores In the glass: This MontGras wine is a deep dense blood red color with an opaque core going out into a fine crimson to slightly tinged ...

Here are the panel picks from the 14 Chilean Carmeneres from 2000, 2001 and 2002 tasted for today.. Comments: Coffee, chocolate, dried meat, tobacco leaf, shoe polish and creosote nose; flavors of ...