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Viu Manent Reserva Carménère

January 24, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Viu Manent is a family-owned winery in Colchagua Valley, Chile. Founded in 1935, it originally under the name Vinos Viu. Seventy-some years after its inception, the winery is still run by descendants of its founders. The grapes for this wine come from a vineyard named La Capilla, near the town of Peralillo. It’s 100% Carménère […]

Luna Vineyards Sangiovese for Snow Day

January 20, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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There’s a thing that wine bloggers do called “Wine Blogging Wednesday.” It’s an event that happens once every month… usually on a Wednesday. The idea is that several wine bloggers all write about the same topic that day. Then there’s a host, who summarizes the collective thoughts and points you to all the writers for […]

Espiritu de Chile Classic Carménère

January 17, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Espiritu de Chile is a joint venture between A. Racke from Germany and Aresti Vineyards in Chile. And while they have a long list of awards, accolades and good reviews from well-respected reviewers I don’t expect they’ll be adding the 2007 Classic Carménère to that list. I guess not all the wines I review can […]

Cono Sur Visión Carménère

January 14, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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We’ve previously reviewed a number of good wines from Cono Sur, and I’d even go so far as to say I’m a fan. The breadth of the wines they produce is phenomenal and the quality of what we’ve tasted has been consistently good. I think of them as an innovative and experimental producer from Chile, […]

Viña La Rosa La Capitana Carmenere

January 12, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Viña La Rosa is one of the oldest wineries in Chile, established in 1824 by don Francisco Ignacio Ossa y Mercado. That’s a name and a half, if you ask me. I’m not going to get into a lot of background on this wine, but instead jump ahead to, “90 alert, 90 alert!!!” As a […]

Odfjell Armador Carménère

January 6, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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The story of Odjfell Vineyards began about 25 years ago when Norwegian ship owner Dan Odfjell acquired property in the Maipo Valley of Chile. However, the planting of vineyards didn’t begin until about 15 years ago. They now have vineyards in a few different Chilean appellations. In addition to wine production, they also breed Norwegian […]

Santa Carolina Carménère

January 5, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Let’s check out another ten dollar Carménère today, this one from Santa Carolina. Although the popularity of Chilean wines has only recently exploded in the US, Santa Carolina has been around since 1875. Founded by Luis Pereyra Cotapos, it was named after his wife, Carolina Iñiguez Vicuña. The roots of wine production at Santa Carolina […]

Viña Carmen Carménère

January 4, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Carménère is a variety once used in Bordeaux wines that has recently made a resurgence. It was always a difficult grape in Bordeaux, due mostly to late ripening. And then it was wiped in France, in part by a phylloxera infestation in the 1880’s. For years it was considered […]

Terra Andina Altos Carménère Carignan

January 3, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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As I think back on the wines we’ve tasted over the past year, one stands out in my mind as being really interesting… and I’m just now getting it posted to the site. Perhaps it stands out, in part, because we tasted it near the end of the year, but it is also just a […]

Castell Trautberg Silvaner Traminer

December 23, 2009 Tim Lemke 0

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I have one more Silvaner from Castell to share with you, but this one isn’t 100% Silvaner. It’s a blend of 80% Silvaner and 20% Traminer, which is technically a family of grape varieties—the most well known of which is Gewürztraminer—but in Germany they tend to refer to all grapes from this family as just […]

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