Chilean Cheers!
The best of Chilean wines have landed here on the Island, to share with you the cheer of this New World wine-producing region.
The country has an important winemaking industry, and now Indowines, the sole direct importer of Chilean labels in Indonesia and the island's leading wine supplier, heads up the first Wine Festival with Chilean wines, selected directly from the vineyards in Chile. For this special event, during the November - December period, selected wines from 6 different Chilean vineyards of different grapes, valleys, vintages and prices are featured, all of which are noted under the Reserve Wines category.
The Wine Festival Reserve, will please the palates and inquisitions of wine loving participants with a free bottle of wine to take away! This is to further deepen the love of Chilean wines and to indulge in the excellence of this wine in a convenient setting. The main objective of Indowines through this festival is to 'edify' the wine drinking public and inform them that excellent wine does come from other parts of the world -- especially Chile.
New World wines are those wines produced outside the traditional wine-growing areas of Europe and North Africa and which are described by grape variety rather than by vineyard, and are stereotypically riper, darker in color, fuller-bodied, smoother, fruitier and more alcoholic than traditional European products, which are more concerned with terroir and tradition.
The historic Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 revolutionized the world of wine. The Paris event, a blind tasting by leading French experts, demonstrated that New World wines could beat some of the very best that France produces. This led to a rapid expansion of efforts to produce excellent South African wines, Australian wines, New Zealand wines, and North and South American wines.
Subsequent blind wine tastings have confirmed that Chile and other New World countries are able to produce some of the very best wines in the world.
This republic, on the other side of the globe - is in the southwestern part of South America, bordered by Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and the Pacific Ocean - in fact ranked fifth among the 14 largest export nations the preceding year after France, Italy, Spain, and Australia.
The Wine Festival, with this first edition showcasing Chilean Wines, presents these vineyards of Chile; Altair, Santa Ema, Tabali, Valdivieso, Via Wines and Von Siebenthal.
Tabali's Cabernet Sauvignion and Merlot have made a head start in being introduced to the wine loving public beginning in September of this year. As one of the foremost wines in Chile, Tabali was launched also as part of a commemorative event marking the 40th anniversary of Chilean-Indonesian diplomatic relations.
Located on 150 hectares of virgin soil sprawled along the edge of Chile's Atacama Desert, Tabali's grapes have the distinct advantage of the geographic characteristics of the area. The desert climate provides the arid characteristics favorable for vineyards, while a natural break in the western terrain channels northerly winds carried up the coast on an Antarctic current, providing cool nights. As a result, the grapes have a slower maturation period that allows them to develop the unique aromas, flavors and colors.
Furthermore, Tabali is the only vineyard in Chile that is located within an archeological heritage site, a National Historical Monument comprising artifacts of the indigenous Molle and Diaguita cultures. The winery has thus been designed to reflect the natural splendor of the valley and the traditions of the ancient Molle culture, a native people of Chile who lived in the area over 2,000 years ago. The Tabali logo for example, is based on pictographs left behind by these ancient people on stones and caves.
The viticultural regions of Chile, also known as viticultural zones or appellations, include the region of Atacama within two subregions, the Copiapó Valley and the Huasco Valley; the region of Coquimbo with three subregions, Elqui Valley, Limarí Valley, and the Choapa Valley; the region of Aconcagua that includes two subregions, the Valley of Aconcagua and the Valley of Casablanca; the Central Valley with its four subregions of the Maipo Valley, the Rapel Valley, the Curicó Valley and the Maule Valley; and the region of the South with its two subregions the Itata Valley and the Bío-Bío Valley.
Chilean wines have proven to be among the best in the world, having been top ranked through various European and International events, and at times outscoring France's own! So, now they have arrived on the island, with the chance to buy and sample the best... and what's best is to get the same bottle of wine to take home for free! Cheers!
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