APRIL 2010 – PRESS TRIP TO CHILE: SANTA RITA / CARMEN
My second visit to SANTA RITA was again a great pleasure. We slept at the very cozy hotel Casa Real, all in Hispanic colonial style. The hospitality, the service, the rooms, the food and the drinks were at least as good as during my first visit in October 2009, but the ambiance was totally different. [...]
APRIL 2010 – PRESS TRIP TO CHILE: VALDIVIESO
A visit to VALDIVIESO is like going back in time, back to the end of 19th century… Valdivieso is a beautiful old bodega in Macul, inside of the city of Santiago. This is the place where all the sparkling wines were (and still are) produced that made Valdivieso famous. Since the 1980’s, Valdivieso also produces [...]
CONCOURS MONDIAL 2010: CHILE GOES FOR GOLD!
Right, France is once again the absolute winner of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2010, with 606 medals (401 Silver, 191 Gold and 14 Great Gold Medals) obtained by 2277 samples presented. Surely a great performance, and of course the Spanish did well too, with their second place: 378 medals (225 Silver, 136 Gold and [...]
2010 PRESS TRIP TO CHILE: MONTGRAS PROPERTIES
I visited MontGras in September 2009, and had a great time. That was before the terrible ‘terremoto’ (earthquake). It was for me quite a relief to come back in April 2010 and see that despite the serious damages and wine losses, everyone there was safe and happy to be back to normal life again. Outside, [...]
