“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, ...
Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. How Carménère grape varieties got confused with Merlot grapes ...
In the glass: Panilonco wine is a deep ruby-red color with a firm semi-opaque core going out into a fine pinkish-red rim definition with medium-high viscosity. On the nose: This wine is like the ...
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 ...
When the phylloxera root louse began devastating French vineyards in the late 19th century, many suddenly idled Bordeaux winemakers bailed for Chile. They became, in a sense, the founding fathers of ...
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 ...
Some wines and grapes are like Rodney Dangerfield. They get no respect. Think Pinot Grigio or certain Rose wines. Other wines are more like Emma Stone or Ewan McGregor. Actors who seem to be ...
A century and a half ago, the Carmenére grape was one of the most common Bordeaux grapes in France. And then a disease essentially wiped it out. So how did it recently reemerge in Chile? In response ...
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