A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide To $10 Wines – A Viognier (White) From Chile


Very recently we reviewed a Chilean red wine that was made from a Bordeaux blend. Here we will review a Chilean Viognier white wine. For a relatively small country, Chile has many wine regions that are now developing their own personality. The wine reviewed below comes from the Colchagua Valley which is located about 80 [...]

An Ancient White Wine


Viognier is a very common and ancient white grape that used to be fairly common. Now it is a rare white grape and the wine made from it is usually quite expensive (but also quite good!).
This wine grape probably originated centuries ago in Damatia. Roman history says it was brought to history in 281 [...]

A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide To $10 Wines – A Red Bordeaux-Type Blend From Chile


Chile has become an important producer of red wine. Its signature grape variety is Carmenere, one that virtually disappeared from Bordeaux a long time ago. In this review we taste a blend of two grapes that are remain popular in Bordeaux and elsewhere, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The good news is the price tag which [...]

The Many Types Of Red Wine


Wines are of many types. Red wine is a type of wine which is extracted from red, dark purple or blue colored grapes. This wine is red in color. Red wine is produced by fermenting grape juice. The red color of the wine is due to the tannins present in the wine which is a [...]