Comments on: Chile’s World Carmenere Competition – Take 2 http://www.winesofchile.org/2008/11/chiles-world-carmenere-competition-take-2/ Wines of Chile Wed, 08 May 2013 22:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Antonopoulos http://www.winesofchile.org/2008/11/chiles-world-carmenere-competition-take-2/#comment-3 Chris Antonopoulos Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:59:05 +0000 http://www.wocdev.com/wp/?p=2706#comment-3 My family(including two sons)drink Chilean before any other wine. Recently my second son was in Malta for a wedding and drank a carmenere aptly named Tierra del Fuego. He thought it was an exceptional Carmenere but so far we are not having any success finding where it can be bought in the in UK ?? Any advice or help would be appreciated Chris Antonopoulos My family(including two sons)drink Chilean before any other wine. Recently my second son was in Malta for a wedding and drank a carmenere aptly named Tierra del Fuego. He thought it was an exceptional Carmenere but so far we are not having any success finding where it can be bought in the in UK ?? Any advice or help would be appreciated

Chris Antonopoulos

]]> By: In water one sees one’s own face, but in wine one beholds the heart of another* « Lesagelaw's Blog http://www.winesofchile.org/2008/11/chiles-world-carmenere-competition-take-2/#comment-2 In water one sees one’s own face, but in wine one beholds the heart of another* « Lesagelaw's Blog Wed, 12 May 2010 23:40:21 +0000 http://www.wocdev.com/wp/?p=2706#comment-2 [...] So what did I discover? Misiones de Rengo, to be specific.  It produces really nice little reds – carmenere, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot, all of which you can get for about $3.75  a bottle for the non-reserva.   The reserva is about $8 a bottle if you really want to splurge.  My little book (which I was delighted to read is for “wine geeks!” woo hoo) has only good things to say about Misiones – “at the lower levels, Misiones’ wines conform to a sound commercial style.  In the Reserva and Cuvee ranges, however, the standard rises noticeably and the wines offer good quality and outstanding value for money.” (pp. 205, if you are interested in reading more).  Its 2007 Carmenere apparently won awards as well – here’s a great site for a much more educated opinion on Chilean wine! [...] [...] So what did I discover? Misiones de Rengo, to be specific.  It produces really nice little reds – carmenere, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot, all of which you can get for about $3.75  a bottle for the non-reserva.   The reserva is about $8 a bottle if you really want to splurge.  My little book (which I was delighted to read is for “wine geeks!” woo hoo) has only good things to say about Misiones – “at the lower levels, Misiones’ wines conform to a sound commercial style.  In the Reserva and Cuvee ranges, however, the standard rises noticeably and the wines offer good quality and outstanding value for money.” (pp. 205, if you are interested in reading more).  Its 2007 Carmenere apparently won awards as well – here’s a great site for a much more educated opinion on Chilean wine! [...]

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