Tag: Maule

Wine Review: Best Cabernet Franc Around the World

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We celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the blog last weekend with the ultimate Cabernet Franc tasting. It featured 10 different Cabernet Franc wines from 10 different regions from 5 different countries and an international group of friends/wine lovers/sommeliers from 4 continents to help us drink and evaluate them all. Continue reading

Wine Review: Sagrantino from Italy & Chile

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Recently I’ve written about regions and varieties that may expand in the future due to climate change. Another such variety is Sagrantino, which is a little known grape from Umbria in central Italy. Despite its obscurity even in Italy, the first varietal version of Sagrantino from Chile has just been released. Therefore, I decided to compare it with an Italian Sagrantino to better understand this uncommon grape.  Continue reading

Wine Review: Old-School Chilean Varietals–San Francisco & Chilena

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Two of the first wine grape varieties that the Spanish brought to Chile are called San Francisco and Chilena. Chilena, AKA Pais or Mission, has had a renaissance in Chile. However, San Francisco is still little known inside or outside of Chile.  Continue reading

Wine Review: Perfect Wines for Fiestas Patrias (Chilean Independence Day)

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It’s that time of year again, and Chile’s strong vaccination numbers are allowing limited public celebrations to take place for Dieciocho (Fiestas Patrias) after everyone was resigned to celebrating in their homes last year. For non-Chileans, Fiestas Patrias is typically a week-long national celebration centered around the 18th of September, the day the independence process started with Chile’s first governing body in 1810. Besides family barbecues, each comuna usually organizes public fondas or ramadas with lots of food and drinks along with traditional music, dance, rodeos, games and other performances. Although the traditional alcoholic drink is Chicha and the modern tradition is to drink Terremoto cocktails, there’s usually plenty of Chilean wine and beer too. Therefore, I have two perfect wine recommendations to celebrate Fiestas Patrias.  Continue reading