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Coco Pacheco offers course on Restaurant Management

Well-known Chilean chef Jorge “Coco” Pacheco will teach a course on starting up and running a restaurant.

Published: 2009-04-10

Aurelio Montes: 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year

Ernst & Young and the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio chose winemaker Aurelio Montes (Viña Montes) as country’s top Entrepreneur of the Year.
 
Montes, who founded the winery that bears his name in 1987 along with his partners, Douglas Murray, Alfredo Vidaurre, and Pedro Grand, was honored for his personal characteristics, his innovative spirit, and his ability [...]

Published: 2009-03-27

Free Trade with Korea will Stir up Wine Competition

Free Trade to Stir Up Wine Competition
Competition among global wine brands in Korea is expected to be stirred up by free trade. Korea and the EU agreed this week that they would try to get a free trade deal signed next week at the G20 meeting in London. The EU, especially France, is the biggest [...]

Published: 2009-03-26

Chilean President to arrive in Moscow to strengthen bilateral ties

Chilean President to arrive in Moscow to strengthen bilateral ties
Moscow | Tuesday, Mar 24 2009 IST 
In a further sign of reviving Soviet-era relations with Latin American countries, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will pay a visit to Russia on April 2-4 to strengthen trade and economic cooperation, including in energy.
”The visit will result in signing several [...]

Published: 2009-03-24

Updated National Viticultural Registry Now Available

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, but [...]

Published: 2009-01-26

Seven New Sommelier Graduates

The Chilean Association of Sommeliers recently hosted the ceremony of the 5th graduating class of its Sommelier School. Chilean sommeliers must successfully complete 3 extensive courses, perform internships, and write and defend a thesis on a topic relevant to the profession.
The seven new graduates: Sebastián Lecoq, Andrea Martinez, Valdy Navea, Máximo Leonori, Claudia Gacitua, Franck [...]

Published: 2009-01-09

Viña Montes 20 years on…

How time flies. Twenty years have passed since Aurelio Montes, Douglas Murray, Pedro Grand and Alfredo Vidaurre founded Discover Wines in the Curicó Valley, although the name was quickly changed Viña Montes. New partners joined the group over the years and now includes Chilean businessmen Sergio Barros and José Antonio Garcés and family.
Viña Montes, known [...]

Published: 2008-11-28

6 Chilean Wineries among Wine & Spirits Top 100

The editors at Wine & Spirits taste a lot of wines each year, and just as certain wines stand out, certain wineries do too. This year when they looked back over the year’s tasting notes, 6 Chilean wineries stood out for their consistently high scores and excellent work. Interestingly enough, all are located in cool [...]

Published: 2008-09-14

Ricardo Grellet named the Best Sommelier of Chile

Ricardo Grellet named the Best Sommelier of Chile
Santiago de Chile, September 1, 2008.
Ricardo Grellet was named Chile’s Best Sommelier after two grueling days of competition. Twelve hopefuls competed in a series of tests of skill and knowledge on Sunday, August 31, and the four finalists were announced the following morning.
Macarena Lladser, Alex Ordenes, Héctor Riquelme [...]

Published: 2008-09-08