“Carmenère will be Chile’s flagship variety,” declared Rene Merino, the President of Wines of Chile in 2010. When I heard this, my jaw dropped and my eyes widened in disbelief. What?! This herbal, ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

In the glass: Panilonco wine is a deep ruby-red color with a firm semi-opaque core going out into a fine pinkish-red rim definition with medium-high viscosity. On the nose: This wine is like the ...

Carmenere, one of the six noble Bordeaux grape varieties, is undergoing a resurgence in Chile. (See related story, Page F1.) We hadn't seen many Chilean Carmeneres in stores or on wine lists, so we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. How Carménère grape varieties got confused with Merlot grapes ...

It’s the time of year where comfort food rules and with as many different fillings and flavours as there are saints days, there’s a great all-round red to pair with Britain’s favourites, from a ...

What better wine to enjoy in the fall than the wine named for fall colors – carmenere? The leaves of most grapevines do not change colors in the fall. One exception is carmenere, whose leaves burn a ...

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 ...

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 of ...