On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Vina Ventisquero wines ... March 5, 2012
07 Mar 2012- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
The second time in a week I'm at a tasting of a winery that is just going into it's second decade of production (see Hall from March 1). Today we'll be tasting 10 wines (2 whites, 8 reds) from Vina Ventisquero, a winery that started production in 2001 and has grown to be one of the biggest exporters of Chilean wine. Filipe Tosso, winemaker for Ventisquero since the beginning started things off with a brief history of the winery and make up of the winery: owner started his business 55 years ago with a chicken farm, 16 years ago he started thinking of getting into the wine business. Today they have 7 different vineyards spread out from the north to the south of Chile and 5 different lines: Queulat, Grey (single block), Vertice, Heru, Pangea. It was also pointed out to us that Chile is the only phyloxera free country in the world - there are pockets in other countries that did not get hit by the louse but Chile is fully phyloxera free.
Vina Ventisquero is trying to break into the Canadian market, let's hope we see more of their wines. (to see reviews of their wines click here)
