Archive for June, 2009
Rachel and Todd, USA
My husband and I live in Atlanta, GA and recently discovered your Pinot Noir. We look forward to unwinding on Friday’s with this great bottle. We just wanted to thank you. We were really impressed and had never drunk a Pinot Noir from Chile before. Look forward to next Friday! Warm Regards.
John, USA
Hello,I am writing to tell you how pleased and impressed my friends and I have been with your wines. We host, prepare and serve seven course wine dinners for charitable causes. Recently we served two of your wines at one of our dinners. The Bicycle series Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay. Both were extremely well [...]
Jackie, Canada
I absolutely love the Cono Sur line. It was recommended by a local winery, and I haven’t looked back. I will support whatever your winery does to ensure the greenest production and delivery of your product. This wine is a favorite for anybody I’ve recommend to Cono Sur. Thanks for making me look great!
Mike, USA
Your Cono Sur Pinot Noir is the best tasting one I’ve found at any price. It’s very clean and refreshing. I’ve been meaning to try some of your other products but I’m too busy enjoying the Pinot. Best wishes for a rewarding future!
Edgar, Mexico
I am a cyclist from Calafia Valley in California and I really like Cono Sur wines. I’ve read your philosophy about the bicycle and I find it excellent. I also have one that I would like to share with you: “The bicycle is just a good excuse to understand that life has a meaning, that [...]
Nattalie, England
I just wanted to make the effort to communicate to you how much I love your wines, and admire the philosophy behind what you do; it’s also very encouraging to read about your CarbonNeutral delivery status. I particularly enjoy your Pinot Noir Reserva, which is absolutely delicious. I am extremely fond of Chilean wines, and [...]
Guillermo Sánchez / Winemaker
The Cono Sur experience… has been very attractive, particularly because I’ve been able to do exactly what I like, with a fun and professional group of people. To be part of an innovative, environmentally friendly, and very human winemaking concept makes me every day want to renew my energies en order to obtain the best [...]
Decanter World Wine Awards 2009 / Regional Trophy for Cono Sur Reserva Riesling 2008 and for second year in a row for Cono Sur Ocio Pinot Noir
In UK’s “Decanter World Wine Awards 2009”, one of the most prestigious and acclaimed competitions in the industry, two of our wines received a Regional Trophy, the highest distinction based on variety and origin: Cono Sur Ocio Pinot Noir 2007 and Cono Sur Reserva Riesling 2008.
The company’s icon wine Cono Sur Ocio Pinot Noir [...]Cono Sur attended Wine Spectator’s 2009 Grand Tour: more than 3,000 wine lovers went to Atlantic City, Chicago and Las Vegas.
Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery attended for the first time “Wine Spectator Grand Tour”, one of the largest and best quality tastings in the US. This year, more than 250 producers from 14 countries poured their best wines to the trade, wine writers and consumers: products that must only be Wine Spectator’s best scoring selections, [...]
International Wine Challenge 2009 / Gold Medal for Cono Sur 20 Barrels Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Another year has gone by at one of UK’s largest and most prestigious blind tastings. On the 26th version of the event, a top quality judging panel – with Tim Atkin, Charles Metcalfe, Sam Harrop, and Derek Smedley as Chairmen – spent two weeks tasting more than 9,500 wines from 41 countries. Undoubtedly this is [...]
New Pinot Noir Cellar for Cono Sur
Due to the strong commitment Cono Sur has with its icon variety, the company has built an additional and modern winery specially intended for the vinification of Premium Pinot Noir, in which traditional Burgundy methods are applied.
Cono Sur Winery has become one of the largest Pinot Noir producers in the world, as it grinds 4,000,000 [...]UK: 2009 Harpers Wine & Spirit Design Awards / Cono Sur Sparkling Brut: Best Sparkling
The British competition “2009 Harpers Wine & Spirit Design Awards” distinguishes best launches and designs of the past 12 months, based on three main features: first they evaluate how well the product’s design fulfils its brief, second, if it suits the market, and third if it has what they like to call “the wow factor”: [...]
Harvest Report 2009 / By Matías Ríos, Winemaking Manager
Just like in 2007 and 2008, great quality will be appreciated in the 2009 vintage. We again had a rain-less year throughout all the harvesting season, very luminous, with mid to high temperatures during the day, and cold at night.
With these conditions the word “Botrytis” wasn’t pronounced in any of our valleys; it was in [...]May / June 2009
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Winies Magazine Korea / May 2009
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Harpers Magazine / April 2009
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Cono Sur Gewürztraminer 2007: Top 10 Spring Wines
“A scrumptious Gewurz to give Alsace a run for its money, not that you’d be able to find one of such fine quality at such a low price. It’s everything it should be, with heady aromas and fresh, vibrant, spicy fruit. Rich and full in the mouth, it has a crisp, off-dry finish and makes [...]
Cono Sur Visión Single Vineyard Viognier 2008
“Wow, wow. This style of Viogner hasn’t spread in Chile yet. Over ripeness and density, it offers a rich and fresh fruit clearness, together with a soft and light body, full of a nervy acidity. Ideal to be served next to grouper.”
Vinos y Más Magazine, June 2009 / ChileFriday 5th June: Cut out a kilo of CO2 on World Environment Day!
Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery has joined The CarbonNeutral Company’s “Cut out a kilo” campaign, which will take place on June 5th, World Environment Day. This means that on that day all of Cono Sur’s staff should reduce at least one kilo of CO2 each. We invite YOU to be part of this great initiative. [...]