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| BLIND WINE TASTING OF CARMENERES OF THE WORLD – WINE CIRCLE
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This past Tuesday in the exclusive Club Union El Golf in Santiago of Chile, was the initiation of the amateur group of wine lovers known as the CIRCULO DEL VINO OR WINE CIRCLE - AW, which focuses on blind wine tasting in order to strengthen the knowledge of wine amongst consumers, winemakers, journalists, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, and other professionals. The blind tasting of Carmenere; U.S.A (Colvin Vineyards), Argentina (Viniterra) and Italy (Ca´del Bosco); was led by Sergio Silva Grez, a well known Sommelier of the Club Unión El Golf. Sergio guided the group in a new way of doing this type of tasting, where the brands are not shown to the participants and the glasses are served without knowing the origin of the wine. |
 Among the attendees were Pedro Partarrieu (General Manager of Club Unión el Golf), Luis Gavilán (Chief Executive of Club Unión el Golf), Ana Fernández de Cordoba, Delphine Sableaux and Bernardo Vogt, Lara Roush (USA), Carlos Kubik (Viña Terrandina), Mary Burnett y Margaret Wells (Washington State), José Fernando Ontiveros (Director of Marketing and Nuevos Negocios de Publiguías), Virginia Snodgrass (USA), Eugenio Echeverría (Director of The Wine School), and Paula Rodriguez (Journalist of Andes Wines).
The blind tasting was filled with comments, suggestions, and an exchange of opinion amongst the participants, who were surprised by the differences between the wines and their unique flavours. At the end, each participant gave his or her opinion as to the origin of each of the Carménères, the majority successfully getting one or two of them correct.
 At the end of the tasting we proposed a curious question: ‘’If a North American consumer has the option to choose between a well known Chilean Carménère or a Carménère from the U.S., which would he or she choose?’’ With these blind tastings we hope to bring to the table a discussion as to why other countries are interested in producing this seed which was rediscovered in Chile some years ago.
The answer is clear. Carménère can be a seed that differentiates itself from the rest. And since Chile has managed to reposition Carmenere in the world, it doesn’t seem unlikely that other countries will also want to jump on the bandwagon. This also serves as a signal to Chilean producers that they step it up in the production of great tasting Carménère and continue to lead in the production of wines made from this seed of French origin.
 The next tasting is already confirmed, with Argentinian Malbecs as the theme. The bottles will be shipped directly from the vineyards interested in participating.
STAY UPDATED ON OUR TASTING NOTES AND COMMENTS ABOUT THESE WINES, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
The objective of the “Wine Circle” is to generate different wine tasting activities in order to evaluate both national and international wines and encourage business and investment opportunities in the wine and tourist industry.
 Through these experiences of blind tastings we attempt to take away the tendency of the consumer to form an opinion based solely on the name or origin of the wine. Often times the consumer feels inclined to associate a wine’s quality with its name prior to having tasted it. By participating in an event like this, the consumers do not know which vineyard produced the wines or where they came from, and very interesting discussions arise once the names are revealed.
Photographer: Joseph Burnett
http://www.josephburnett.com
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30 Jun 2006 por maxmorales
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