Tag: Annual Awards

Chilean wines rack up Decanter World Wine Awards

Of the 14,119 wines judged by Decanter magazine’s 2012 World Wine Awards, 472 Chilean wines collected prizes.
60% of wines entered by Chilean wineries received awards ranging from regional trophies and commendations to gold, silver and bronze medals.
“We have trophy winners from Elqui to Bio-Bio, which shows the great diversity and quality of our wine regions,” [...]

Published: 2012-06-19

9th AWoCA Press Release

Nine top judges from nine different countries gathered in Santiago this week to assess Chile’s finest wines, and of the 17 Trophies they awarded, 11 of them were for wines from Chile’s much-lauded cooler climate regions of Limarí, Elqui, San Antonio, Casablanca and Bío Bío.

Published: 2012-01-13

Oz Clarke: Chile, You Must Decide

British wine personality had full attention when he delivered his powerful message to the Chilean wine industry recently.

Published: 2011-03-15

8th Annual Wines of Chile Awards Winners Announced

Viña Tabalí takes Best of Show for its Reserva Especial Syrah from Limarí, and majority of awards go to wines from newer, cool-climate regions.

Published: 2011-01-14

AWoCA 8: Meet our Judges

The 8th Annual Wines of Chile Awards–the Bicentennial Edition–has begun. Our 13 judges from 10 countries arrived in Chile on Friday and were whisked off to San Pedro de Atacama for the weekend. There they will have the opportunity to see a bit of what makes Chile such a spectacularly unique country. Chilean “terroir doctor,” [...]

Published: 2011-01-09

8th Annual Wines of Chile Awards coming soon!

The 2011 AWoCA program includes 13 judges from 9 countries and will take place in San Pedro de Atacama and Santiago de Chile.

Published: 2010-12-01

8th Annual Wines of Chile Awards

Wines of Chile’s 8th Annual Awards (AWoCA) will take place in Chile, January 9-13, 2011

Published: 2010-11-24

Gurvinder Bhatia: Taste of Santiago is Well Worth the Trip

It rarely fails: we invite someone here to the ends of the earth, to this country called Chile, and they go away a fan.For some it’s the mountains that gets them; for others it’s the sea. Canadian wine critic Gurvinder Bhatia, one of the judges in this year’s Annual Wines of Chile Awards, took away [...]

Published: 2010-05-24

Cristián López Named DB Man of the Year 2010

Concha y Toro exec wins coveted Drinks Business Magazine Man of the Year 2010 Award.

Published: 2010-05-21