Classic Wines

Chenin Blanc is a white grape variety native to the Loire region of France whose success around the world is famous. In France, it is used in the wines of Anjou, Saumur, Vouvray, and Bonnezeaux. Chenin Blanc itself tends to be somewhat redolent of h...

New York State produces some of the most interesting wines in America, and it is only for reasons of fashion and assumption that it is not as popular as some of the country's more traditional wine-producing states like California or Oregon. The trut...

This is the most important wine-producing region in all of Argentina, which has become one of the two most important wine-producing countries in South America (Chile is the other one). In Mendoza, which is located in the west of the country, few gra...

The red wines of this most northerly Chilean wine region are most well known, probably because the heat is simply too great for the development of white grapes that are possessed of enough acidity to make interesting, or terribly appealing, wine. Th...

This is the most southerly wine region of Chile, and because of the higher rainfall and cloudier weather, it is an entirely different environment in which to grow grapes than the hot, dry regions further north (i.e., Aconcagua). Though the quality o...

This is perhaps the most highly regarded wine region in Chile, and it's no wonder: The wines from here are generally quite agreeable and reliably consistent, and the prices are still rather low for the amount of pleasure they deliver. Red Wines are ...

One of the most famous winemakers in the world, the Spaniard Miguel Torres, has a vineyard here. This speaks volumes about the potential quality of wines from this region, as a man of his stature, who garners the kinds of respect he does, would not ...

One of the most famous chateaux in the world, Lafite-Rothschild, owns part of the Los Vascos winery in Rapel. This means that they believe in the potential of this region to produce some truly exciting, important wines in years to come. And who bett...