Recently, following a night of tasting (and drinking) several bottles of Chilean carmenere, it was brought to my attention that one of my fingers appeared to have been smudged with ink. I did not ...

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.

Break out the grill and a Chilean carmenere. Published: ; Jul. 07, 2009, 4:00 a.m.

There are roughly 25,000 acres of carmenere vines planted throughout Chile. In addition, you can still find a small number of wine producers in France’s Bordeaux region who still make wines with ...

Learn about Carménère wine, great expressions of which are produced across Chile. Wines made with Carménère show notes of of brambly berries, herbs, and tobacco.

Carménère is to Chile what Malbec is to Argentina: an emblematic red variety that originated in Europe, but has since become synonymous with the South American country that is the largest prod ...

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 ...

As a wine, Carmenere (pronounced CAR-men-NAIR) is Chile's signature red, attracting international attention for plush tannin and robust flavors combining ripe, dark fruits and green pepper.

In 2024, it became the first Chilean winery to produce a sparkling wine on Chiloé Island: Carmen DO Punta Chilen, the southernmost sparkling wine in Chile and one of the southernmost in the world.