Chile "to take its place as icon producer"

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Chile "to take its place as icon producer"
Richard Woodard

Chile is ready to take its place in the world as an icon wine producer: the time for waiting is over, according to winemaker Ted Mostero.

Mostero, an American who has been winemaker at the Concha y Toro/Baron Philippe de Rothschild joint venture Almaviva since 2004, was speaking at a vertical tasting of the icon wine's first eight vintages.

Asked if the time was right for Chile to be selling wines at such a high price – Almaviva costs more than £300 per case – Mostero said consumers were happy to pay that sort of money. It was usually only journalists who questioned it, he said.

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