Brazil News
Icon Tasting and Grand Tasting to be held in Sao Paolo August 8
August 7, 2012
Wines of Chile is heading to Sao Paolo, Brazil on August 8 for a dual tasting event at Hotel Unique. The day starts off with the Icon Wines tasting, which will be hosted by BBC presenter and Decanter magazine columnist Peter Richards, Chilean terroir expert Pedro Parra and Brazilian wine consultant Carlos Cabral. “This tasting [...]
Wines of Chile campaigns against proposed Brazilian safeguard
July 25, 2012
As Wines of Chile prepares for the upcoming Grand Tasting to be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil on August 8, Brazilian wine lovers and Chilean wine exporters still await resolution of a proposed safeguard that aims to restrict import of Chilean wine to Brazil. Intended to boost Brazil’s wine industry, the safeguard would limit wine [...]
Vignettes of an evolving industry: Chatting with Wines of Chile Educator Fred Dexheimer
June 25, 2012
Successful sommelier Fred Dexheimer is enjoying his dream job, and it all began in a video arcade. “I grew up in the video arcade my mother owned,” explains Dexheimer. “And my grandmother owned a golf course, with pizza and go-carts, which gave me good tools to be a people person and do different things in [...]
Chile’s T.H. chosen as best white wine of the New World
May 4, 2012
Viña Undurraga closed out its trip to ExpoVinis São Paulo, Brazil, on a high note when their wine T.H. (Terroir Hunter) from acclaimed enologist Rafael Urrejola was chosen as the best white wine from the New World.