"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 ...

Since the lost Carménère grape was rediscovered in the vineyards of Viña Carmen three decades ago, Chile’s first wine producer has become a leader in crafting high-quality Carménère wines, especially ...

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 ...

Back in 1994, the Chilean wine industry solved a case of mistaken identity when a significant proportion of vines believed to be merlot were recognized as an old Bordeaux grape variety called ...

Carmenère-Weine sind längst in unseren Regalen angekommen – und doch steht die Rebsorte noch immer im Schatten bekannter Namen wie Merlot oder Cabernet Sauvignon. Höchste Zeit für einen ...