Wines of Chile

  Wine Enthusiast magazine annually acknowledges substantial accomplishments and prominent personages in wine, and this year’s Lifetime Achievement award is drawing the spotlight to Chile. Miguel A. Torres of Bodegas Miguel Torres is a 2012 Wine Star Award Winner, recognized for being a “lifelong visionary who, early on, grasped the importance of exporting his family’s [...]

Wines of Chile’s yearly Gala del Vino wine tasting was held at Casas del Lo Matta in Santiago, Chile, November 22-24. This year’s Gala commemorated the event’s 20-year anniversary, a special and momentous occasion for Chile’s wine industry. On the evening of Thursday, November 22, the Gala’s inaugural ceremony opened the festivities with a series of [...]

2011 was a triumphant year for Chile, with Chilean wineries earning a record total of 206 gold medals in ten prominent wine competitions, according to Vitis Magazine. Viñas Casa Silva and Casas del Bosque topped the list of medalists, accompanied by Sol del Chile. Other leading vineyards mentioned by Vitis include Emiliana, Luis Felipe Edwards, [...]

After Wines of Chile’s tremendously successful Blogger Tastings last week, the persuasive message of Chilean wine is now sweeping through the blogosphere. With the help of 60 wine bloggers in United States and six wine bloggers in Chile, a virtual Blogger Tasting on Wednesday October 24 generated 853 Tweets through the designated #BlogChile hashtag, creating [...]