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1990 vintage guide for Red South America
1990 vintage guide for Red South America
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1991 vintage guide for Red South America
1991 vintage guide for Red South America
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1992 vintage guide for Red South America
1992 vintage guide for Red South America
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1993 vintage guide for Red South America
1993 vintage guide for Red South America.
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1994 vintage guide for Red South America
1994 vintage guide for Red South America
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1995 vintage guide for Red South America
1995 vintage guide for Red South America. Very good vintage in Chile for drinking now or soon. Argentina superior, with some excellent wines...
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1996 vintage guide for Red South America
1996 vintage guide for Red South America
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1997 vintage guide for Red South America
1997 vintage guide for Red South America. Chile just has the edge over Argentina in terms of quality, though the wines may well be ready to drink sooner.
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1998 vintage guide for Red South America
1998 vintage guide for Red South America. A difficult and wet vintage, especially in Argentina. Largely mediocre and often weak wines.
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1999 vintage guide for Red South America
1999 vintage guide for Red South America. Ripe, dense, flavourful wines with firm tannins and good structure, especially from Chile.
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Chilean Chardonnay over £10
And the winner is...
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2000 vintage guide for Red South America
2000 vintage guide for Red South America
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2001 vintage guide for Red South America
2001 vintage guide for Red South America
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2002 vintage guide for Red South America
2002 vintage guide for Red South America.
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2003 vintage guide for Red South America
2003 vintage guide for Red South America. Chilean wines are superb nad those from Argentina show intense colour...
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2004 vintage guide for Red South America
2004 vintage guide for Red South America. Classic wines of powerful fruit intensity and good structure from Chile as well as Argentina.
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2006 vintage guide for Red South America
2006 vintage guide for Red South America. Outstanding harvest for Argentina but more challenging for Chile.
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2005 vintage guide for Red South America
2005 vintage guide for Red South America. Chilean wines show very good colour, body, and a particular lively fruitness.
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2007 vintage guide for Red South America
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2008 vintage guide for Red South America
2008 vintage guide for Red South America
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International Trophy winner Dry Aromatic under £15 – El Esteco, Amaru High Vineyards Torrontés, Calchaquí Valley, Salta, Argentina 2014 (13.5%)
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International Trophy Dry Riesling under £15 – Viña Leyda, Single Vineyard Neblina Riesling, Leyda Valley,Chile 2013
According to Viña Leyda winemaker Viviana Navarrete, it owes much to the qualities of the valley which gives the producer its name, and in whose early development the company was instrumental.
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International Trophy Red Bordeaux Varietals under £15 – Indomita, Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva, Maipó Valley, Chile 2014 (14%)
Since 2005, this wine has been made from a single-vineyard lot in the coastal area of Chile’s Maipó Valley, in what the Indomita team describes as a ‘heavenly spot with rolling hills’.
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Concha y Toro joins old vine Carignan club in Chile
Concha y Toro has become the latest major name to join Vigno, a small group of wineries dedicated to the revival of the Carignan grape in Chile’s Maule region.
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Spanish wine producer Garcia Carrion to plant Chile vineyard
Spanish producer Garcia Carrion is to plant a new vineyard in Chile as part of a strategy to increase sales and ensure a supply of grapes.
