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Chile
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Chilean wine production dates back to the 1500s, when Spanish conquistadors brought vines with them while colonizing the region. French vines were introduced to the region three centuries later. Because the country was an ocean away from the phylloxera plague that destroyed vines in France and the rest of Europe, the country remains one of the few places in the world where French varietals are grown on their own rootstock; nearly everywhere else they are grafted onto disease-resistant rootstock from another type of vine. Over the past 30 years, Chilean wine production has taken off and the country is now the fifth largest exporter of wines in the world. Most of its production comes from an 800 mile stretch of land near the geographical center of this long, north-to-south country positioned between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes Mountains to the east. Valle Central, Chile's most famous growing region, is located in the heart of that 800 mile stretch. The most common grapes used in Chilean wine are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenère, which has become the country’s signature red wine grape. |
Moscato
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Moscato is the Italian word for the ancient white grape variety Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains. It’s Greek in origin, and is used today in the Aegean appellation of Samos to produce dessert wine. In Southwest France, the grape is widely used in the vins doux naturel wines of Roussillon that are commonly sold in half bottles. Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains has an extensive family tree — Muscat de St.-Jean-de-Minervois, Muscat de Beaumes de Venise and Muscat Rivesaltes are also superb sweet examples of this grape’s explosive fruit flavors. Moscato is grown all over Italy, where it is the country’s fourth most planted white grape. Especially successful in Piedmont, Moscato d’Asti is lightly sparkling, refreshing wine with a mouthwatering sweet and tangy flavor, much like biting into a ripe, juicy pear. Golden in color and perfumed with characteristic scents of fresh grapes, tropical fruit and flower blossoms, Moscato is growing increasingly popular among wine enthusiasts who prefer off-dry to semi-sweet wines. |
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