Wine: Carmenère – ‘The Bordeaux of Ch...

How this ‘lost’ French wine grape re-emerged in the New World Updated May 2, 2014. Looking for a new, good red wine?  Then try Carménère from Chile  – if you are not familiar with it already.  For more than a century the Carmenere grape was a well-kept ‘secret’ of the Chilean wine industry.  In fact, it was believed to be a special Chilean version of the Merlot grape.  However, that all changed in...