Chile

I’ve got aching upper arm muscles today. Was it a strenuous boxing work out on Wii Fit? A marathon Swingball session in the garden with kids? Or was it having to manhandle two wine bottles that were so heavy that they made your wrists wobble even when they were empty? […]

Big Bottle Battle

August 19, 2009 by Simon

A look at three different Chardonnays from Viña Errázuriz in Chile. PS Revisited the Wild Ferment the following day and it was even better – classy, even sexy, and still hinting that its best was still to come.

Same producer, 3 different Chardonnays – what’s the difference?

August 14, 2009 by Simon

Breaking news! In an effort to maintain their share of the world wine market, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugal have decided that they will be collaborating in the future to present a combined front against the onslaught of New World wines… OK, OK, it could never happen. Even the […]

New World Wine Alliance

July 15, 2009 by Simon

A look at the four top-of-the-range wines made by Viña Errázuriz and how they evolve once the bottles have been opened.

The top 2006’s from Chile’s Viña Errázuriz

July 14, 2009 by Simon

We’ll get to Chile in a moment, but I’m kicking off with New Zealand. I first visited the Land of the Long White Cloud in 1995 (I know because I came back from the trip with a rather useful blue zip-up bag and a polo shirt, now covered in various […]

Good old-fashioned Chilean wine

May 22, 2009 by Simon

Revisited the the three reds I opened yesterday, with mixed success. Even after 24 hours, Anakena’s 2006 Ona red blend and the Errazuriz 2002 La Cumbre Shiraz are still too boisterous and fruity (with that tell-tale, rather raw, even charred blackcurrant pastille character). But the Cuilleron is singing. Or at […]

Update on yesterday’s reds

February 16, 2009 by Simon

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