SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Wine tasting with the International Professional Women’s Association
The International Professional Women’s Association (IPWA) has their next monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Providencia. The meeting is followed by a wine tasting hosted by Liz Caskey of Liz Caskey Culinary & Wine Experiences, who recently launched e-guide “Eat Wine Santiago,” the first English-language food, drink, and culture guide to Santiago. Culinary [...]
Entrepreneur star from Silicon Valley invests in a Chilean vineyard to produce pinot noir wine
The American entrepreneur, Kevin Harvey, has created over a dozen technological enterprises in the United States and is the owner of the Rhys vineyard in California. Harvey has developed more than a dozen software web sites enterprises, sold to companies such as Yahoo, AOL, Kodak, among others. Only in 2007, he sold the company MySQL, [...]
Andes Wines Promotes Chilean Wines in Japan and Chile.
Chilean company Andes Wine will carry out a special “Andes Wines Trip” in China and Japan from February 15th to March 26th to write special articles focused on the market positioning of Chilean wines in the Asiatic market. This task is in charge of the publicist Sebastian Perez-Canto Orellana and the journalist Jimena Cordovez, currently [...]
It’s Wine O’Clock: A Chard for the ladies and a bubbly for blokes
IT’S WINE O’CLOCK! Alvaro Covarrubias is a partner at the boutique Casas de Maule Estate Winery in Talca, Chile. He lives part of the year in Wellington, New Zealand, and in Hanoi, Vietnam. This column is about experiences and connecting readers to their inner passion for wine. No snobbery, no dusty barrels or fancy signatures [...]
Food & Drink: Oktoberfest in full swing
The details: Malloco Oktoberfest 2009 October 29 – November 8 Open nightly until 23:00 (11pm) Malloco/Melipilla, Chile (1.5 hours southwest of Santiago) http://www.fiestadelacerveza.cl/ With thousands of liters of beer to be poured, a cacophony of different flavors, aromas, new brands and limited editions heralded the start of Chile’s famous Malloco Oktoberfest 2009. Heading to Malloco [...]
It’s Wine O’Clock: A Hit and a Miss
Alvaro Covarrubias is a partner at the boutique Casas de Maule Estate Winery in Talca, Chile. He lives part of the year in Wellington, New Zealand and in Hanoi, Vietnam. This column is about experiences and connecting readers to their inner passion for wine. TO BLEND (OR NOT TO BLEND) Casa Tamaya VCS (Viognier/Chardonnay/Sauvignon Blanc) [...]
Wine O’Clock: Maule Valley treasures and a Cuvée worth revisiting
EARTHY …. WELCOMING Bustamante Reserva 2006. D.O. Maule Valley, Chile. 14% Alc. Natural cork. CH$3000 / US$ 5.50. Silver Medal Cata D’Or Grand Hyatt Award 2007. Technical info: Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 50% / Carmenere 35% / Merlot 15%. Harvested the 3rd week of April. 22,000 bottles made for the Reserva and 3000 bottles for [...]
Beer: At least they serve Kross in heaven
There is something magical about daytime drinking. The best setting is outdoors, of course – beach or backyard, the smell of seared meat carrying memories of other such fine days past. Ideally, one shouldn’t have anywhere pressing to be, because a nap is likely to be necessary. Last weekend in Curacaví, Kross Micro Cervecería had [...]
Wine O’Clock: A Fine Line Between Playful and Pretentious
CHEEKY Miguel Torres Santa Digna Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2008. D.O. Central Valley, Chile. 14% Alc. Agglomerate cork. CH$4790 / US$8.70 Visit them: Miguel Torres Santa Digna Springtime has arrived in Chile and this is excellent news for us foodies. It’s time to start enjoying the seasonal fruit and veggies! So light that BBQ and [...]
Economics: To Uncork or Not to Uncork
The few times I’ve been the recipient of a good quality wine (which from my perspective refers to any wine that costs more than 40 or 50 dollars; as we shall see, my standards are not the highest), whether as a gift or in some crazed state whereby I decided to part with a few [...]