Tag: Chile

Vinography Images: Vine Horizon
Like some scene from the movie Inception the horizon disappears as you look down from the top of the steep

Vinography Images: The North
The Aconcagua Valley is known as one of Chile’s northern wine regions, but in a country that is 2650 miles

Elevating Chilean Old Vine Carignan: VIGNO at 10 Years
In 2011, searching for a way to persuade their own country—and the wider world—that there was more to Chile than

Vinography Images: Ridgetop Light
A ridgetop vineyard catches the last light of day against the dark escarpment of Andes foothills in Chile’s Maipo Valley.

Vinography Images: Full of Color
A vineyard in full autumn splendor spreads out under the dramatic skies of the Itata Valley, in southern Chile. Itata

Vinography Images: Autumn Rows
Grapevines, depending on both variety and vine health, turn bright colors in the autumn before their leaves drop off and

Vinography Images: Autumn Glory
Harvest has begun for some producers here in Northern California, and we’re looking at receiving perhaps the first rains of

Making a Place for País
If I had to select the single most important and impactful trend in the world of wine, it would have

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/7/21
Welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted. I’m pleased

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/3/21
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of

Wines of the Wild Horses: Kingston Family Vineyards, Casablanca, Chile
One of the rare pleasures of a relationship to wine lies in our ability to follow it through time. Normally

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 5/10/20
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of

Vinography Images: Ripe Chardonnay
Ripe Chardonnay I’ve made it my mission to try to eat as many different types of ripe wine grapes off

Vinography Images: Stone Winery
Stone Winery I was quite surprised on my trip to Chile to see that the majority of wineries in the

Vinography Images: Carmenere Harvest
Carmenere Harvest This lovely image of the harvest in Chile captures the beauty and the namesake color of the Carmenere

Vinography Images: Across the Valley
Across the Valley This is a classic view of Chilean wine country, with gently rolling hills on the valley floor

Vinography Images: The Wilds of Bio Bio
The Wilds of Bio Bio One of the wine regions I really wanted to visit, but didn’t get a chance