Macarena Del Río and Thomas Parayre are making some of the most talked about wines of Chile. They work multiple vineyards from Maule to Itata, but this one mesmerized me.... read more →
This is from Marga Marga, northwest of Santiago, a land not known for natural. But these folks have been making natural wine in Chile before anyone else, just because it... read more →
All of Renan Cancino’s wines get hand-destemmed on the zaranda, foot-stomped, fermented and aged in old wooden barrels where they stay until bottling. They stay in that bottle one more... read more →
Chodin Param left Chile for a stint in Australia. Eventually she returned to her home country, where she worked with Roberto Henriquez and met her husband Arnaldo Batista. They started... read more →
Renan Cancino is a minimalist and proud traditionalist winemaker. All of his wines get hand-destemmed on a the zaranda, fermented, foot stomped and then aged in old wooden barrels. Here the... read more →
I wrote this note before the recent devastating fires that ravaged the wines and vines of Colombian-born sommelier Leonidas Fernández. So keep that in mind when you drink this, which... read more →
Macarena and Thomas get this own-rooted país in the Itata Valley’s granitic soils. The grapes are de-stemmed and spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with two months and two weeks on... read more →
The Guarilihue region of Itata was long known for its small plots of hilly, fabulous terroir. That’s the homeland for Tinajacura’s fruit. This wine is made with old, own-rooted cinsault... read more →
Alsace goes to Chile via André Ostertag who teamed up with some pals for this project. Soil is granitic (irrigated) in a sub region of the Casablanca valley. Vinified in... read more →
A blend of both grape and terroir here. The chasselas comes from basalt and the chardonnay from old river beds. According to their habit, the fruit is destemmed and co-fermented... read more →