Q&A: Andrés Lavados, Chile's Santa Rita Estates

Andrés Lavados has been heading up Chile's Santa Rita Estates for more than a year. He talks about his vision for the company and how he plans to crack the UK market.

Wines of Chile reveals annual Sommelier Challenge winners

The winners of the annual Wines of Chile Sommelier Challenge have been announced.

Guy Woodward: Chile produces good quality wines, but still needs to market them globally

In recent years, Chile's winemakers have started to show greater ingenuity and initiative in the vineyard and the winery. That sense of risk and personality needs to carry over to the way the wines are promoted.

Caliterra winemaker tips Malbec to do big things in Chile

A leading Chilean winemaker thinks Malbec could be a grape with a big future in the country.

South America | Strength in diversity

Bringing together the flavours and cultures of South America paints a wine picture that's as colourful as it is diverse

Chile's Errazuriz plans assault on top-end wine market in 2016

Chilean wine producer Errazuriz is lining up a UK release for two top-end wines from its cool climate Aconcagua Costa vineyards in the spring of 2016.

Chile's Viña Ventisquero lines-up Root 1 additions and Wild Swan for UK debuts

Chilean producer Viña Ventisquero is the latest to line up new UK launches for a big reveal at next week's Mercado Andino tasting in London.

Chilean producer to release wine made from wild vines

Chile's Bouchon Family Wines is launching a wine made from Pais vines that grow wild among the trees of its Mingre Estate in Maule Valley.

Casillero back on TV as CyT prepares line-up for Mercado Andino tasting

Chilean wine producer Concha y Toro is coming back to British TV screens with a new ad for Casillero del Diablo as part of its Wine Legend campaign.

UK release for wine from Chilean vineyard given new lease of life after 2010 earthquake

Torres claims a Chilean first for wine from slate terraces

Bodegas Torres has produced what it claims is the first Chilean wine to be grown on terraced slate terrain.

Wines of Chile launches Mercado Chileno event for consumers

Wines of Chile has announced a new consumer event to follow its trade tasting in September. Mercado Chileno will take place at Old Spitalfields Market in London on 11 and 12 September.

Volume declines of Southern hemisphere harvest pushes up demand for bulk wines

Smaller harvest in the Southern hemisphere are set to boost demand for bulk wine, the latest report from Ciatti has said.

Chilean brand Viña Montes introduces early 'spring harvest' Sauvignon Blanc

Chilean wine brand Vina Montes has introduced a 'spring harvest' Sauvignon Blanc to its range of wines, which is available at Liberty Wines.

Casillero de Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon overtakes Wolf Blass in off-trade

Casillero del Diablo Reserva had grabbed the top spot for cabernet sauvignon in the UK market.

Free Run Wines adds first Aussie winery to portfolio

Free Run Wines is adding its first Australian wine producer, Morambro Creek to its portfolio from next month

Concha y Toro's new research centre set to benefit wine industry throughout Chile

Concha y Toro hopes its new multi million pound research and innovation centre it has built in the heart of Chile's wine growing country will help the whole Chilean wine industry better understand what is possible from the country's wine producers.

CyT joins Chile's fledgling DOC organisation

Concha y Toro, one of Chile's largest international brands, had joined Vigno, a society of small winemakers dedicated to promoting Carignan producers in the Maule Valley.

Fine Wines Direct wins Chilean brand contract as it steps up its operations

Fine Wines Direct UK has won a new contract to represent Chilean brand Viña Casa Tamaya SA in the UK.

ProWein 2015: Huge potential to build super brands around the world says Concha y Toro

Building strong brands in the key £8 to £10 price sector has become increasingly the key battleground for the truly global wine producers operating in the main markets around the world, according to Thomas Domeyko, Concha y Toro's export director for Europe, USA and Africa.