NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Sauce
The Sunday Telegraph (Magazine) (UK), 11 March 2007, page 57, Susy Atkins
Moderate steady consumption of red wine is believed to be good for one's heart. The antioxidants in wine may account for a protective effect on the vascular system. A report several years ago suggested that Chilean red wine was especially potent because of the country's high altitude vineyards.

Southern comforts
The Times (Travel), 10 March 2007, page 16,17
In a travel feature Fiona Sims experiences the pleasures of travelling through Chile on a steam train while exploring six different varieties of wine. She remarks that Chile's wine scene has developed at an astonishing pace over the past decade and most of Chile's wine country is concentrated in the middle bit.

Raise a glass to your clear conscience.
Observer (OM), 18 March 2007, page 63, Tim Atkin
Tim Atkin observes that the fact that nearly all of the major wine retailers have at least two Fairtrade wines on their shelves these days, must be 'good news' for the communities which benefit from the projects in Chile, SouthAfrica and Argentina.

A toast to memories
Wall Street Journal (US) (Main), 16 March 2007, page 33,36
Describing their experience of Open That Bottle Night, Patricia and Bard Brown of Larchwood, Iowa telll of how they opened a 1998 Carmenere from Chile. They say; "According to our wine-snob friends, the wine supposedly was at its peak in 2003, but we thought it was great in 07."

Showreport
Class (Main), 01 March 2007, page 58,59, Patricia Langton
Exhibitors at the Wine+ show recently staged at London's Olympia included Wines of Chile, Oddbins and Wines of Argentina. Targeting bars, pubs, restaurants and sommeliers, Wine+ was billed as a 'hybrid of an exhibition, tasting and business clinic with a key focus on increasing profit through wine sales.'

Wine
The Guardian (Supplement), 24 March 2007, page 89, Victoria Moore
Even when a wine is labelled as a single grape wine EU labelling law allows for the wine to be blended with another grape up to a percentage 15 pc. Wines from Chile are often sold as single varietals, but few people realise these wines are often blends. An example of this is syrah being added to cabernet. This practice allows winemakers a margin of creativity.

Wine
The Independent (Magazine), 24 March 2007, page 57,
Anthony Rose believes the best value country for sauvignon is Chile.

REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Not too 'Chile' for wine
Ulster Herald (Main), 22 February 2007, page 96
A review of Chilean winemaking, noting the country's most famous wine producing region, Maipo, home to some of the country's oldest vineyards and Maule, where Miguel Torres began the modern day wine industry in the late 70's.

WINE SCENE
Ulster Herald (Main), 08 March 2007, page 54
The top three countries influencing Irelands drinking habits are Australia, Chile, and France each accounting for 20pc of recent sales. Red wine makes up 51pc of wine sold, white wine 46pc with rose at 3pc. Sunny days always mean an increase in rose sales.

White hot and Chile
Scotsman (Magazine), 24 March 2007, page 17
In just five years, the quality of Chilean Sauvignon Blanc has improved dramatically, making some of their wines viable alternatives to French Loire or Kiwi Marlborough Sauvignons. This is all due to the discovery of San Antonio and the 2006 vintage. Chilean's are exploiting the realisation that the distance from the sea is more important than latitude.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Wine-tasting credit card
Business & Finance (Ireland) (Main), 22 February 2007, page 77
Chilean wines are included in a pioneering scheme being run by a Dublin bar. Customers buy a credit card for the venue allowing them to try any one of its selection of international vintages.

Global wine sales set to rise through 2010.
IWSR Drinks Record, 01 March 2007, page 13,14
The global wine market is on course to rise by 11m hectolitres by 2010, according to latest IWSR estimates. There is also growth of New World wine producing countries with Chilean exports up by 34pc. Chile is now ranked fifth in the wine producing market.

Wine in India:
IWSR Drinks Record, 01 March 2007, page 23,24
India's wine industry is largely controlled by three companies: Indage, Sula and Grover. Sula's locally bottled Chilean red wine sold under the Indian brand name of Satori has been a major success.

Flash
IWSR Drinks Record, 01 March 2007, page 28,
There has been strong growth of wine in Sri Lanka in 2006. Growth is led by Australian and Chilean wines, although the largest selling brand is France's Albert Bichot.

Keeping the passengers'
Railnews (Main), 01 March 2007, page 24,25, Staff Writer
Virgin West Coast trains have started serving Chilean sauvignon blanc on their trains due to feedback from customers wanting the company to switch to Fairtrade produce.

Less is more
Asian Wall Street Journal (Main), 09 March 2007, page 31
If one wants a low cost Chardonnay without large quantities of oak, South American wines are a good place to start. White Sauvignon Blanc from Chile was found to be consistently good. Subscribers to WSJ.com can click on WSJ.com/Asia for a "tasting" of pleasant, inexpensive whites from Chile.

Vino's twin peaks
Economist (Main), 17 March 2007, page 66
Detailed analysis of Argentina's emergence as a rival winemaker to its Andean neighbour, Chile, although it still lags some way behind. Notes the influence that the Wines of Chile trade body has had on raising the country's profile as a producer of quality good value wines.

Showreport
Class (Main), 01 March 2007, page 58,59, Patricia Langton
Exhibitors at the Wine+ show recently staged at London's Olympia included Wines of Chile, Oddbins and Wines of Argentina. Targeting bars, pubs, restaurants and sommeliers, Wine+ was billed as a 'hybrid of an exhibition, tasting and business clinic with a key focus on increasing profit through wine sales.'

Movers and shakers
Drinks International (Main), 01 March 2007, page 12
Jackson Wine Estates has appointed Victor Baeza as its new general manager and Marceia Chandi as assistant winemaker. Baeza will act as the global spokesperson for Chilean wine.

CAPITAL WINE
The Dubliner (Ireland), 01 March 2007, page 103
Regular collection of wine news notes the Chilean Wine Fair, which takes place at the Hilton Dublin on March 22nd. Ticket prices and times included.

Explore vineyards near and far
Staffordshire Life (Main), 01 April 2007, page 111
An article on wine tourism devotes its second half to the beauty and virtues of Chile's Central Valley, where most of its premium wine producers are located.

Getting the flavour of...
The Week (Main), 24 March 2007, page 38
A review of Chile's Tren del Vino, a route which travels the country’s Colchagua Valley and is sponsored by a group of local wine makers. The day long trip includes lunch, a vineyard tour and naturally and abundance of tasting opportunities.

Kosher—for Any Wine Lover
Wall Street Journal (US) (Main), 23 March 2007, page 37
An article on kosher wine makes brief mention of the compatibility with Jewish tradition of some varieties of Chilean Carmenere.

WEBSITES
An ABC guide to the world's best white grape
Guardian Unlimited (Web), 12 March 2007, Tim Akin
In the quest to find the best alternative to Chardonnay, the Anything But Chardonnay (ABC) movement looks at what is currently available. However, there is no denial that Chardonnay has greatly improved especially from new world countries including Chile.

Drinking of the green (wine, that is)
Chicago Tribune (Web), 14 March 2007
An article previewing America's St Patrick's Day celebrations urges readers to switch from green beers to 'green' wines and recommends Chile, among many other wine producing nations, as a good place to start looking.