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 ...

This week the Cork Guy continues his adventure in discovering the six sisters that traditionally make up the Bordeaux or Meritage blends. This is the third varietal with an origin in France, but, like ...

Over the years we have expressed our bias against carmenere, a grape variety once popular in Bordeaux but now grown almost exclusively in Chile. The commercially produced wines we tasted then just ...

A good wine should have a good back story. Carmenere has one, and it’s worth hearing. Back in the 1990s, grape growers in Chile puzzled over why some of the vines in their merlot vineyards got ripe so ...

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 ...

Sign up to get the best of Boston, every day. A show of hands, please: How many of you have ever heard of the carmenère grape? Sir, in the back, I see both of your ...

November 24 th —Thanksgiving Day—is also International Carménère Day. Created in 2014, this festival originally celebrated the 20 th anniversary of a grape that was ‘lost,’ then rediscovered. Most ...

In Tipping's Tipples this week, Mike Tipping is sniffing tomatoes as he finds much to enjoy in the carmenère grape from Chile. Sometimes there is a distinct flavour or aroma in a wine that is hard to ...