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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

Written by Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN and editor in chief, wines.travel A Hidden Terroir in Chile Nnstled within the heart of Chile’s renowned Peumo region, the Cornellana Valley stands as one ...

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 ...

Since vines have been cultivated for winemaking for thousands of years, you might assume that we've identified all of the world's outstanding grape varieties. We have not, and my guess is that we're ...