Wines of Chile

Chile’s wine community was well represented on the other side of the globe at the three day wine trade fair, Prowein, in Dusseldorf, Germany, recently. Wines of Chile had a section at the well renowned wine fair with 50 producers from the country showing their wines and offering tastings to trade visitors from all over [...]

Chilean wine exports broke records in 2011 with 8.9 percent growth over the previous year, reaching US$1.69 billion in sales. Auspicious figures aside, however, the German market continues to present a challenge when it comes to positioning Chilean wine. Chile’s participation in Prowein and the launch of the promotional Chilean wine tour will therefore be key factors for the Andean nation’s success.

Three influential and high-profile wine personalities from the Old World have been lined up to make a feature of flavour in a collaborative series of masterclasses involving five normally competing New World wine producers: Argentina, California, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa.

Wines of Chile made an ecologically friendly splash at Europe’s most important wine fair.