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Wine Producing Regions
Argentina
Dry climate, cool nights and hot days, the mineral-rich water, sandy soil and an abundance of sun combine to make this one of the most perfect wine growing regions in the world.
Brazil
The wine producing region marches up from the "Valley of the Vineyards" to the ""Vineyards of the High Mountains" with climates and soil that support a wide variety of grapes.
Chile
Long, dry summers and cool winters make for ideal growing conditions and provide for consistent vintages from year to year.
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Spring in Chile
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One old, one new...
Two vineyards in the Maule Valley
The southernmost valley we visited this trip was the Maule. Although this area is not a well-traveled tourist destination, as do other Chilean wine producing regions, it has much to offer both wine enthusiasts and active travelers. The two wineries we visited while there were well worth the trip.
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Colchagua, Curico, Cachapoal...
Criss-crossing Chile's Central Valley
After several busy days in Santiago, and a more relaxing one in the San Antonio Valley, we headed south to visit wineries in Chile's central valleys.
The area south of Santiago between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain Range is divided by a number of rivers that bring water from the Andes. In most cases this water is
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A coastal terroir...
The San Antonio Valley
We've visited wineries in the Casablanca and Maipo Valleys on previous visits as day trips from Santiago but never had a chance to explore the more distant wine producing areas. This trip we've planned time to visit several valleys further from Santiago and will be staying in wine-oriented small hotels.
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Day trips from Santiago...
Aconcagua & Maipo Valleys
Chile's wines are on the move and deserve close attention.
We're in Santiago for Vinos de Chile 2009, a wine fair hosted the last week in September each year by the Hotel Plaza San Francisco in the city's historic downtown.
This year more than fifty of Latin America's finest wineries offered samples of their finest wines to guests from around the
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Wine News & Reviews
Argentina Buying Wine from Chile
Still hurting from a yearlong drought, Argentina is turning to Chile for wine imports in order to keep up with popular demand for wine.Wine production in Mendoza, the heart of Argentina’s Andean wine region is down 30%, or 3 million litres.
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Decanter Man of the Year 2009: Nicolás Catena
The visionary who saw Argentina's potential to produce fine wine and become a major power in the global wine market has been honored by the British magazine. It is the first time Decanter has bestowed the honor on someone from South America since the magazine created the award in 1984.
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FineWinesnMore Launches Private Label From Argentina
Mike Barrow, the winemaker from the Costaflores Organic Vineyard in Mendoza Argentina, is the newest member of the FineWinesnMore wine family. A very special offering from this small producer has been specifically developed for the India landscape in conjunction with FineWinesnMore, its Indian wine partner. Sporting the very different moniker of MTB, Mike Tango Bravo, the 08 Torrontes and the 07 Malbec/ Petit Verdot blend, essentially sum up why Argentina is fast becoming the wine hotspot of the New World.
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Casillero del Diablo Whites Move to Coast
Chilean wine company Concha y Toro is shifting the majority of its Casillero del Diablo white wine operations from Central Valley to the coastal regions of Casablanca and Limarí, reported Drinks International. All Casillero del Diablo varieties affected will now carry the region on the bottle.
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The southernmost valley we visited this trip was the Maule. Although this area is not a well-traveled tourist destination, as do other Chilean wine producing regions, it has much to offer both wine enthusiasts and active travelers. The two wineries we visited while there were well worth the trip.
After several busy days in Santiago, and a more relaxing one in the San Antonio Valley, we headed south to visit wineries in Chile's central valleys.
We've visited wineries in the Casablanca and Maipo Valleys on previous visits as day trips from Santiago but never had a chance to explore the more distant wine producing areas. This trip we've planned time to visit several valleys further from Santiago and will be staying in wine-oriented small hotels.
Chile's wines are on the move and deserve close attention.
We're in Santiago for Vinos de Chile 2009, a wine fair hosted the last week in September each year by the Hotel Plaza San Francisco in the city's historic downtown.
This year more than fifty of Latin America's finest wineries offered samples of their finest wines to guests from around the