Santa Ema Reserve 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

January 17, 2012

Price: Around $10 Rating: Color: Deep Ruby Nose: Blackberries, cherries, spice with a little smoke and earth Taste: Dry and medium plus body. Blackberries and plums on the palate. Detect a little stewed fruit..nice. Long finish. Summary: A nice little cab for a nice little price. I swear, when I checked out the nose on this wine before [...]

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Vistamar Brisa 2010 Sauvignon Blanc

January 8, 2012

Price: Around $7 Rating: Color: Pale yellow Nose: Clean, tropical with kiwi fruit and white flowers Taste: Light bodied with notes of honeydew melon. Soft with pleasant fruit flavor Summary: A good tasting sauvignon blanc. Not the most expressive or complex, but you get good flavor at the price with nothing out of balance. Product [...]

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Apaltagua Grial 2008 Carmenere

December 31, 2011

Price: Around $75 Rating: Color: Deep ruby Nose: Blackberries and red fruit with vanilla, leather, and eucalyptus notes Taste: Dry and medium to dense in body. Subtle tannins that blend with near perfect acidity for a rich velvet fruit experience. Red cherries on the palate with hints of black olive. Summary: This is my final tasting [...]

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Puelo Chile, Patagonia’s Edge

December 23, 2011

A couple of hours southeast from Puerto Montt, in Chile’s 10th region, amid lush green valleys, and surrounded by beautiful panoramas lies a little village at the edge of the River Puelo. Its called Puelo. If you like nature, you will love Puelo. A little town in southern Chile. Some of Chile’s most beautiful scenery [...]

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