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1703, 2024

Don Melchor – ‘One story, one terroir, one wine’
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Don Melchor – ‘One story, one terroir, one wine’

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Don Melchor – ‘One story, one terroir, one wine’

By Elizabeth Smith|2024-03-17T07:59:48-07:00March 17, 2024|Categories: Business and Operations, Commentary, Digest, Featured, Industry, Local Wine Events, Marketing and Sales, News, Origin Stories|Tags: Bonterra Organic Estates, Bordeaux-style wine, Chile, Chilean wine, Concha y Toro, Enrique Tirado, Origin Stories, Puente Alto, socials, Viña Concha y Toro, Viña Don Melchor, wine, Wine Education, wine industry, wine tasting, winegrowers, winegrowing, winemaker, winemaking, Wines of Chile|

As Viña Don Melchor celebrates the release of its 2021 vintage – its 35th – I had the opportunity to meet, taste with, and interview Enrique Tirado, the technical director (director of winemaking) and CEO of this iconic, singular wine for the past 27 years – at Napa’s Compline restaurant in January 2024. […]

2902, 2024

Marcelo Papa – Amelia and Marqués de Casa Concha
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Marcelo Papa – Amelia and Marqués de Casa Concha

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Marcelo Papa – Amelia and Marqués de Casa Concha

By Elizabeth Smith|2024-04-15T15:53:30-07:00February 29, 2024|Categories: Digest, Featured, Industry, Marketing and Sales, Origin Stories|Tags: Amelia, Amelia Chardonnay, Amelia Pinot Noir, Bonterra Organic Estates, Chardonnay, Compline Restaurant, Concha y Toro, Marcelo Papa, Marqués de Casa Concha, Marqués de Casa Concha Heritage, Origin Stories, Pinot Noir, socials, wine, wine industry, wine tasting, winegrowers, winegrowing, winemaker, winemaking|

In fall of 2023, the team at Viña Concha y Toro USA/Bonterra Organic Estates – which represents and imports the Chilean wines into the United States – invited me to lunch at Napa’s Compline restaurant to dine and chat with longtime esteemed winemaker Marcelo Papa, the Technical Director (Director of Winemaking) overseeing two of the company’s most prestigious portfolios, Amelia and Marqués de Casa Concha.