On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Argentina and Chile Taste and Buy ... March 10. 2011
29 May 2011- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
After all this wine it's Miller Time ... seriously, a beer is what I wanted after sampling all these wines from these two South American powerhouses, Chile and Argentina: rich, fruity, robust, high alcohol ... no wonder these wines are all the rage, they're so dang good and chuggable. At some point in the middle of the tasting I just wanted to get a full glass, sit in a corner and start speaking Latin American in whatever dialect I was suppose to converse in.
Okay, let's get serious for a second, there were some really good wines being poured, and I took this opportunity to taste the wines not in Vintages or on the General List - I figured I could taste those any day. No, tonight I was going for those limited edition, pay-50%-down-tonight-get-'em-in-six-months wines; basically, the ones I may never get to try again, unless I'm invited back next year.
The room was broken down into half Chile (on the left) and Argentina (on the right) - with a divider down the middle called "Wine Discoveries" - here you could learn about certain regions, different grape types, or non-traditional grape varieties (like Torrentes, big there but not here) - I was sad to see no Bonarda station, which is due for its day in the sun - great value wines that have tons of fruit ... oh well maybe next year.
Chile ... (Top Chilean Wines) ... (to find out the best Chilean and Argentinean wines of the night, click here)
