by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Opposite Worlds In most of the European regions, the vintners are bound. Regulatory councils decide which strains to grow and how many kilos per hectare to produce, if they can irrigate, add sugar for fermentation or the time that wines must remain in casks. In Chile...
by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Desde el viñedo -Eres un viejo mañoso -le dijo la Carmenère al Cabernet Sauvignon. -¿Y tú? Una aparecida -respondió. El Merlot intentó abrir la boca, pero se chupó. CategoriesEvents Funky Pairings Books Food Music Movies Series Tasting Notes Articles Reports Columns...
by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Wine Storage WHY? Because there are wines that need more time to show their best. Because it allows us to travel to the past. Because the wines are alive and, like the children, they are evolving and developing different facets. Why not? WHERE? Where there are no...
by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Pointless I don’t believe in the 100 point scale. It is reductionist and fallacious (the scores published in most guides range between 90 and 100, therefore it is a 10-point scale). I don’t believe in perfection either. It is boring and suspicious. Many...
by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Disengaged Chileans In the golden decade of the 90s, Chile flooded the markets with its good, beautiful and cheap wines, but the increase in production costs (energy, labor, exchange rate, etc.) has diminished its competitiveness, especially with the awakening of...
by Eduardo Brethauer | Aug 10, 2020 | Columns
Tributes Pinochet tuvo un vino. Don Francisco también. Luis Miguel y Colo Colo, Condorito y ¡Plop! Así no nomás les jue. CategoriesEvents Funky Pairings Books Food Music Movies Series Tasting Notes Articles Reports Columns Recent Posts Main Differences between...
