Wines of Chile

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 [...]

An intimate vertical wine tasting and luncheon was held last week by Wines of Chile to highlight the ageing potential of premium Chilean wines. This event, entitled Vinos Verticales, was the first of its kind in the U.S., demonstrating the longevity of Chilean wines through a tasting of ten wines from five participating wineries. Each [...]

Chilean wine industry working as normal despite frosts sweeping the country Although the initial predition is of a 20% decrease in production  for 2014’s harvest, wineries are working as normal and will fulfil their commercial commitments in all the different markets. Despite the frosts that have swept Chile in the last few weeks, recorded as [...]

Chilean wine sales have seen a boost in the over £10 category in the UK, demonstrating that British wine drinkers are starting to invest in spending on premium level Chilean wines. A Nielsen study showed that while Chilean wine sales in the £3 – 4 bracket fell down by just over 40% last year, sales [...]

As part of Pro Chile’s annual Chilean Wine Tour in the Netherlands, prominent Chilean winemaker Rafael Urrejola led a seminar about Tasting Chilean Diversity with nine wines from around the country. At the Dranken Pakket Expo, a major spirits and wines fair in the Netherlands, the seminar focused on wines that demonstrate the unique and diverse [...]

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 [...]

As Wines of Chile celebrates a 10 year anniversary for their European office, they also celebrate 10 years with Michael Cox leading the team. Amanda Barnes interviews him. As one of the longest serving employees of Wines of Chile, this British born wine enthusiast has been a chief international ambassador to Chilean wine for 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 [...]

A world-renowned photographer is portraying Chile’s wine world in a new light. Former rock and skateboard photographer Matt Wilson might be the bad boy of wine photography, but his emotive pictures are certainly turning heads and gaining him accolades along the way. The winner of the Born Digital Photography Wine Award 2012, has a refreshing [...]

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 [...]

As one of the greatest authorities on Chilean wine, and Latin America’s only Master Sommelier, it was a natural choice to have Hector Vergara as a judge for this year’s Annual Wines of Chile Awards (AWOCA). He accompanied a largely Asian panel to taste and score 615 wines in different categories and was a returning judge [...]