22 Aug 2006
Some Chilean benchmarks
Julia Harding MW writes: Earlier this year, the UK's Wine Society sent out news of its extended range of wines from South America. Having visited Chile and Argentina at the end of last year, I was keen to taste some of the Society's wines from these countries. Everywhere I went, producers spoke highly of Toby Morrhal, whose buying responsibilities for the Wine Society include South America. And when I was studying for the Master of Wine exams, the Society's wines were often a very good benchmark for typicality and quality – what every student seeks in the run up to blind...