Wines of Chile

It is with great sadness to announce that Michael Cox, a great ambassador of Chilean wine, passed away on Thursday 19th February after battling with an aggressive bile duct cancer for one year. Last year Michael celebrated 10 years leading Wines of Chile UK and has been one of the most influential figures in Chilean [...]

At the Annual Wines of Chile Gala, two special awards were bestowed on the Personality of the Year, Michael Cox, and the Vineyard of the Year, Casa Silva. The Vineyard of the Year is an annual tradition and this year Casa Silva took home the award for their continued presence, innovation and high quality in [...]

After a week’s visit to Chile to judge the Annual Wines of Chile Awards, one of Mexico’s most influential wine journalists Deby Beard returned to give Mexico the scoop on what makes Chilean wine taste so good. Broadcasting in Red FM, Deby spoke about the awards event and tasting hundreds of wines to pick the [...]

As the end of 2013 draws in, a total of 43 Chilean vineyards have been awarded the Sustainability seal so far. The National Sustainability Code is a program spearheaded by Wines of Chile that recognizes companies meeting different environmental and social sustainability requirements throughout wine and grape production processes. The certificates were awarded during the [...]

After a three day tasting of over 650 wines by 12 international wine judges, the jury made their minds up to hand out 14 Best in Category Awards. Announced at the eleventh Annual Wines of Chile Awards (AWOCA) Conference this afternoon, the Best in the Category winners were as follows: Best Cabernet Sauvignon: Viña San Pedro’s [...]

While we all know wine is a social lubricant, it is not very often it becomes the subject of a steamy romance novel… The sex appeal of Chilean wine, and winemakers, is the protagonist of Charmaine Pauls’ recently released romance novel, The Winemaker. The Winemaker is a fictional story about an English girl, Zenna, who [...]

For over a week in November, we had 9 international Annual Wines of Chile Awards judges roaming around Chile while tasting some of the country’s best wines. Some were revisiting Chile, and others were discovering it for the first time. What often comes as a surprise to first time visitors, is how modern Santiago is [...]

Over the last three months, one of China’s best sommelier’s has been traversing the wine regions of Chile working on a Chinese version of the Descorchados wine guide. Amanda Barnes interviews him. What are you doing here in Chile? I am visiting wineries to get a better idea about what people are doing here, what [...]

One of Chile’s most well known winemakers has just been selected as Wines of Chile’s Vice President. Amanda Barnes interviews Aurelio Montes, the new face of Chilean wine, to talk about the main pillars of Chile’s wine industry; moving out of one’s comfort zone; and doing things for the ones you love. You’ve been a [...]

There are some wine markets that are pretty unique in the world, Nova Scotia is one of them. An island province on the East coast of Canada, they have quite a large young population and are quite densely populated. Alcohol is almost exclusively sold by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSCL), typical of the Canadian [...]

As Chile’s most-talked about young sommelier, Marcelo Pino is making a name for himself in the industry after winning Best Sommelier in Chile in 2011 among other accolades. Born in the coastal surf town of Pichilemu, Marcelo started his journey into wine through food. After training as a chef and swapping food for wine with [...]