Archive for August, 2009
Now THIS is Chile!
Curious about Chile? Find out more at the new Esto es Chile web site prepared by the Imagen de Chile Foundation.
Macy’s De Gustibus Class
Wine Consultant, Michael Green, hosted an hour-long tasting/seminar focusing on the top tier “Icon Wines” of Chile at Macy’s famed De Gustibus Cooking School in New York City.
Chile’s Emerging Wine Regions
Tom Hyland of “Reflections on Wine” is Wines of Chile’s first guest blogger. Here he comments on what he took away from his recent visit to the Maipo and Casablanca Valleys.
USA: Salud! Chilean Wine Fest-DC
Salud! Wine Fest 2009: wines by the glass restaurant program and retail tastings in Washington, DC.
LCBO Vintages Features Chile’s “3Cs”
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Carmenere feature prominently in the latest LCBO Vintages catalog.
Viña De Martino launches first Carbon Neutral wine in South America
De Martino, the first winery in the world to generate carbon credits now releases Nuevo Mundo, the first line of carbon neutral wines in South America
Open Distributor Seminar
Michael Green, Wine Consultant to Gourmet Magazine, led a distributor seminar on Chilean wines on September 24 in Deptford, New Jersey. This seminar was open to all those from the Mid-Atlantic region who wished to attend and seated a capacity of 43.
Carmenere Seminar at B.U.
Sandy Block, Master of Wine and Vice President of Beverage Operations for Legal Seafoods will lead a seminar on Chilean Carmenere at Boston University on September 23.
Carmenere Tasting Panel
Wines of Chile has supplied 15 Carmeneres to the popular trade publication, Sommelier Journal for their Carmenere Super Tasting in Boston on September 22. The tasting panel that Sommelier Journal has organized will be led by Master of Wine, and Vice President of Beverage Operations at Legal Seafoods, Sandy Block.