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World’s Best Value Pinot Noir is Chilean
Why you should be drinking Pinot.
I wasn’t always a Pinotphile. However, once you start getting older and drinking a lot more wine, you start needing something lighter that you can have with lighter dishes. Your stomach and palate simply can’t handle a big Napa Cab everyday with red meat. For red wine lovers, Pinot Noir is a perfect solution because it pairs with so many things. It’s also healthier since you’re likely to have lighter dishes with it, and it is one of the grapes with the highest levels of the antioxidant resveratrol. Continue reading
Wine Review: 2017 Villard Expresion Reserve Pinot Noir Casablanca
Less than 25km from the Pacific lies Villard Fine Wines. Here the cool ocean breeze and morning fog make it perfect for Pinot Noir. The French but Swiss-raised founder, Thierry Villard, met his wife in Chile and eventually created his own winery in 1989, when Casablanca was still largely underdeveloped as a wine region. Despite its high quality, it remains a small family boutique winery and is part of the independent winemaker movement, MOVI.