Wines of Chile

Chile’s Circle of Food & Wine Writers Annual Awards included three special awards for the wine industry.

Traveling chef and food-writer Anthony Bourdain confesses he needs grapes…in a glass and declares himself a fan of Chilean lomito sandwiches and sea urchins.

England’s Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Viñedos Emiliana winery and met with the Organic Association of Chile and some of the country’s leading organic producers.

Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has just released its 2007 National Viticultural Registry, which reports the number of hectares planted to vine. The updated report shows a total of 117,559 hectares (290,500 acres) planted to Vitis vinifera, an increase of 766 hectares over the previous year. Red varieties increased by 378 hectares to 88,703, [...]