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La Despensa Sangiovese, Colchagua
Jancis Robinson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Maule – the return of the underdog
Amanda Barnes MW
Monday 6 October 2025
• 4 min read
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Pedro Parra's vision of the Chilean wine revolution depends on rocks and working at a very small scale. He's realistic...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
See also my tasting notes on...
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Last week I had the chance to taste the first lot of old-vine Carignans from Maule in Chile being launched...
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Syrah did particularly well in this year’s Wines of Chile Awards announced last Thursday night. Viña Tamaya, MCA Winemaker’s Selection...
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£13.99, $22.84, €16.98, B$103 Find this wine This wine, one of the first from Paredones, a new, super-cool Chilean region...
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Derek Mossman Knapp wrote on Monday in Maule – slow recuperation about how he spent his Geoffrey Roberts travel award...
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Derek Mossman Knapp of The Garage Wine Co in Chile was the winner of the 2010 Geoffrey Roberts Award. He...
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See also Derek Mossman Knapp's more heartening tale of another aspect of the current Chilean wine scene, also published today...
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Much to my regret, only a handful of British wine importers really take American wine seriously. Back in 1980, when...
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Wine and poetry make natural bedfellows; add in the support of a good cause, you have the perfect ménage à...
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A common complaint about the Chilean wine industry is that it is dominated by a handful of large wine companies...
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Last Friday, when I was up to my eyes tasting 2010 primeurs samples in Bordeaux, we did not publish a...
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I spent two days in Bordeaux at the end of last week and will report in more detail later but...
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Last week's announcement of the results of the 8th Annual Wines of Chile Awards, the so-called 'Bicentennial Edition', got rather...
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Below are reviews of about 60 wines made respectively by the brothers Jacques and François Lurton (pictured), who were once...
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As the 33 trapped Chilean miners are finally winched up to the outside world, we are all feeling pretty excited...
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