Content about Wine

The area of San Antonio was once primarily a shipping port known for its seafood, not produce, but in recent years, the valley has made itself known as one of Chile’s most expressive cool climate wine regions.

Sometimes juxtaposition is a funny thing.  A couple of weeks ago, I met separately with three winemakers who had no relationship with each other except they are all from Italy and all were in New York City on the same day.  And yet, I felt as through in a few hours I had sliced through a good part of what makes up the Italian wine scene.

I just had a wonderfully stimulating lunch with some folks from J Vineyards. Attending were Kathryn Lindstrom, their COO, George Rose their Communications Director, and Melissa Stackhouse their VP of Winemaking.

Nestled in the center of the Central Valley are two valleys Colchagua and Cachapoal, that, together, make up the Rapel Valley. While neither currently holds a legal classification, each had made a name for itself as its own entity boasting unique terroir.

Coming just days before Easter, Bordeaux pulled another rabbit from its hat with the 2011 vintage wines during last week’s barrel tastings in the fabled French wine region.
As was the case with the 2008 vintage, the jumbled weather in 2011 had all the right elements – sunshine, rain, heat, cold – in all the wrong places, thus gathering early predictions of gloom.

What do you do if your father is the man who made Blue Nun the biggest wine celebrity in the U.S.?  If you’re Bettina Sichel, you follow in his footsteps and become a wine marketing expert.

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Casablanca Valley, Chile’s premier cool-climate coastal region, offers wine lovers an elegant style of wine that’s uniquely indicative of the area. Here, the focus is on varieties that thrive in cooler temperatures including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and a rising production of Syrah.

 Never has the world produced so many quality wines in so many different countries. Consequently, a beverage director/sommelier has more options to choose from than ever before.

Over the past few decades, Chilean winemakers have been paying increased attention to the terroir of each valley in Chile. Extensive analysis of climate and soil has been conducted to ensure that grape varieties are grown in the areas best suited for each.

Southwest of Santiago lies the Maipo Valley, arguably the most famous wine producing region in Chile and it is also one of the largest totaling over 10,000 hectares of area under vine. Though the Maipo Valley is not Chile’s oldest wine region, it is often referred to as the most traditional.