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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Liberty Lake Wine Cellars uncorked a big score recently as Wine Enthusiast magazine gave the local winery’s 2020 carménère a rating of 93 points, which is the top in North America and the ...

Historically, the grape variety carménère has had an identity crisis like no other. Bordeaux wine producers abandoned it. Chileans confused it with merlot and the Italians thought it was cabernet ...

As far as obscure grape varieties go, Carménère is likely way up the list for all but the most geeky wine lovers. Carménère is a red variety that originated in France’s famed Bordeaux region. A ...

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 ...

There are several reasons why some people may dislike the Carmenère 2024 from DO Peumo, despite its many qualities. While it’s a wine that many find compelling, there are certain characteristics of ...