Chile & Argentina – whose top wines are better?

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We all know that the quality of South American wine has been improving. Both Chile and Argentina are making ever more sophisticated wines with each vintage. This is why I was particularly keen to accept the World of Fine Wine's invitation to taste blind some of each country's finest last October.

It had been billed as a comparison of these countries' wine icons, a term I disapprove of. At least I disapprove of producers' calling their own wines 'icons'. Icon status has to be earned from third parties rather than conferred. But anyway it was a great collection of...