Chilean Wine
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What an honor to be a part of a small group of friends to experience the newest project from Vik Winery by the always innovating and experimenting Head Winemaker, Cristián Vallejo. Outside of James Suckling and small group of people, we were the first to taste…Stone VIK. A wine created by nature and completed by…
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My latest Biscayne Times Vino column is about a winery in Chile called Viña Los Vascos. Check out the article to learn more about this Chilean winery, its iconic wines, and which major player in the industry has invested in the business.
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My May Vino column in Miami’s best newspaper, Biscayne Times, covers a few great bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina and Chile. Find it in the “Dish & Drink” section of the paper online or in print. You can read The Case for South American Cabernet Sauvignon article HERE.
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Few grapes have been so widely misunderstood as Chilean Carménère. Once thought to be nothing more than Merlot, this grape has had a pretty short lifespan as its own namesake in the country where it is now considered a flagship. It was in 1994, just about 25 years ago that Carménère was discovered to be…
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Wine isn’t all fun and games and which bar are we going to next. Sometimes, we have to get down into the nitty-gritty about wine regions, grapes, soils, farming, etc… One of the great things about the website Winetraveler is that the site offers insights into all of these facets of wine. Discover Chile’s Wine…
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Several years ago when I first met Aurelio Montes, Jr., winemaker at Montes Wines in Chile, to taste his wines during a visit to Miami Beach, he explained to me the process of using Gregorian chants in his cellars where some of the premium Montes wines aged in barrels. It was a technique that I…
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As I’m posting this on my site, I’m sitting in Beaune, France, in the middle of Burgundy wine country, where Chardonnay and Pinot Noir reign supreme. While I may be far from the Southern Hemisphere currently, my Vino column in Biscayne Times newspaper covering wines from south of the Equator is hot off the presses.…
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In celebration of Wine Wednesday and the holidays, I reviewed a wonderful wine treat at Fogo de Chão on Miami Beach. Meet VIK wines out of Chile in my article for MIAbites.