and are noted here as a warning that they do not show Carmenere's potential: Portal del Alto (Maule Valley) "Gran Reserva" 2000; 35 Sur (Valle Central) 2001; Aromo (Maule Valley) Reserva Privada ...

"Carmenère could be Chile's malbec," Peter Axelsen said the other day in the offices of Prestige Wine Cellars. If that sounds a bit like wine-geek gobbledygook, let me translate. Malbec, one of ...

The thing is, with wine, there's a whole lot of "then." And uniquely, with Carmenere, between then and now - nothing. As a wine, Carmenere (pronounced CAR-men-NAIR) is Chile's signature red ...

It's a lovely Chilean red and it's not Merlot. WSJ's Lettie Teague and Tanya Rivero look at the mystique of the Carmenere grape, which wine lovers are rediscovering. Photo: Getty A FRIEND OF MINE ...

When the phylloxera root louse began devastating French vineyards in the late 19th century, many suddenly idled Bordeaux winemakers bailed for Chile. They became, in a sense, the founding fathers ...

Chile has long been a source of good value wines, mostly a variety of French-origin grapes. But over the past 30 years, a previously little-known grape, carménère, has become widely considered ...

Carmenère is rarely found in Bordeaux today, but it was widely cultivated in the Medoc in the early 18th century. The grape was transplanted to Chile in the 19th century before it virtually ...