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Cono Sur on CISL Radio in Canada with Anthony Gismondi
Cono Sur’s chief winemaker and CEO, Adolfo Hurtado, and José Luis Lavín, Export Manager for Chile and North America, recently visited that country where, among other activities, participated on a radio interview with Anthony Gismondi, one of the most important Canadian wine writers. Interview part 1: Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = [...]
Wine & Spirits Magazine chooses Cono Sur as “Value Brand of the Year 2010”
Cono Sur Winery was chosen as “Value Brand of the Year 2010” by the American magazine Wine & Spirits, one of the most prestigious and widely read publications in USA of the world of wine. The recognition qualifies Cono Sur as one of the 50 brands worldwide whose wines have shown in 2009 the best value [...]
Gold to Ocio Pinot Noir
Cono Sur Ocio Pinot Noir 2008 was awarded a Gold Medal at the prestigious competition “International Wine Challenge”, in United Kingdom, whose results were announced on May the 18th. Ocio Pinot Noir, Cono Sur Winery’s icon wine, has been recognized all around the world as one of the best Pinot Noir in Chile, due to its [...]
Chile, a first-class host
Chile hosted the Concours Du Meilleur Sommelier Du Monde 2010, an activity that took place between the 10th and the 17th of April and received official delegations from 50 member countries of the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI). Besides participating in the contest, the group attended various activities to learn more about Chilean culture and [...]
Wine Spectator: A Sit Down with Chile
Wine Spectator’s Senior Editor James Molesworth interviewed Cono Sur Winery’s winemaker Adolfo Hurtado on early May. A conversation about Pinot Noir, Cono Sur’s techniques of production, and the influence of Burgundy in all the process. Here we share with you the complete report. Source: WineSpectator.com: Blogs A Sit Down with Chile’s Adolfo Hurtado The winemaker for [...]
Adolfo Hurtado in Nomads of the Seas
From the 8th to the 11th of April, Cono Sur’s Chief Winemaker and CEO Adolfo Hurtado headed to the Chilean Patagonia on board of the spectacular cruise “Nomads of the Seas”, where he participated introducing all the Cono Sur wines that were served to the elite passengers during the trip. The chosen ones were Ocio, [...]
A Cono Sur Organic in Wines of Chile Online Blogger Tasting
On May 12, Wines of Chile USA hosted the 3rd version of the Online Blogger Tasting, a virtual sampling that included more than 50 wine bloggers stationed across the United States around the theme Explore Chile: Sauvignon Blancs for Spring. Cono Sur was represented by winemaker Matias Ríos, who made a complete tasting of Cono [...]
ProWein 2010: Cono Sur participates with all its wines
On March 21, in Germany, took place one of the most important wines and spirits exhibitions in Europe. We are talking about ProWein 2010, an event held in Düsseldorf, where Cono Sur Winery participates every year with a stand and presents all its wine ranges. ProWein is the annual event that gathers more than 3.300 exhibitors [...]
An earth shake to the wine industry
Probably, the word “reconstruction” has been one of the most used since a couple months ago. This is due the earthquake on February 27th struck with such force the south-central Chile that no one remained indifferent; all Chilean people, in one way or another, felt the impact of the 8.8 degrees Richter earth shake. The wine [...]
Promising harvest season for Viña Cono Sur
In spite of the earthquake that last February 27th shaked the center and south of Chile, the harvest season began as it was planned. With parties in emblematic areas of the “wine route” such as Peralillo, Santa Cruz, Buin and Curicó, the farmers kicked off the 2010 season which, according to estimates by the Association [...]
Cono Sur Sparkling: House wine of W Hotel
On November the 11th the W Hotel, located in El Golf area in Santiago, opened with a huge party, attended by Chilean and international leading figures from business, politics and entertainment. For the occasion, the organizers selected wines from the best vineyards of Chile, among which Cono Sur Reserva range and Cono Sur Sparkling were [...]
Cono Sur at Expo Vino Wong 2009
Last October, Cono Sur participated in the last version of the Expo Vino 2009, the most important viticultural event in Perú and South America, organized by the Wong supermarket chain. It was attended by over 200 international wineries, domestic producers and renowned winemakers, in addition to a large audience, including important people from business, culinary [...]
97 points for Cono Sur Reserva Gewürztraminer 2008
“Dancyu” magazine, a Japanese publication known as one of the most famous and prestigious life-style magazine in that country, awarded Cono Sur Reserva Gewürztraminer with 97 points, the highest score in the competition “50 bottles of Best Value wine under 1500 yen (USD 17)”. Another recognized product was Cono Sur Reserva Pinot Noir 2008, which [...]
Cono Sur on the Web: Innovation 2.0
Since quite a while, Cono Sur has started to be a part of some of the most popular tools offered by the” Web 2.0″. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and in a short time Youtube are becoming a very important way of getting closer to our costumers and partners and to establish a sort of “face to [...]
Cono Sur at the 2009 Wine Gala
With two stands Cono Sur participated in the XVII version of the Wine Gala “I Wine You”, conducted from Thursday 3 and Saturday December 5 at the “Parque Bicentenario”, located in Vitacura, Santiago. In the event, organized by the Association of Wines of Chile, attended over 50 wineries, which shared space with specially designed areas [...]
Cono Sur Sparkling Brut
There is a peculiar mixture of varieties in this rich and hearty sparkling wine, but also has an excellent concentration in mouth, all framed by citric notes. Patricio Tapia / Wikén Magazine / Chile
Viña Cono Sur at the forefront of environmental management: Pioneer winery in accomplishing ISO 14064:2006
September, 2009: Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery once again works in favor of the environment and the minimizing of Climate Change, when deciding to implement ISO 14064:2006 norm. After starting in 2007 with the implementation of eco-friendly technologies in order to reduce the environmental impact of our productive processes, Cono Sur is currently working on [...]
Cono Sur Vineyard is the pilot research program for the “Carbon footprint in agricultural production” Chilean proyect, put to practice by Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (Foundation for Agricultural Innovation)
Last May the “Fundación para la Innovación Agraria” (Foundation for Agricultural Innovation) begun to study the carbon footprint of the exportable agriculturally grown goods of our country. As the foundation states in its web site, “the idea is to define, specify and characterize the production of greenhouse gases of each one of our exportable agricultural [...]
A new Sustainable Development area for Cono Sur
Last August our winery made official its new Sustainable Development area, responsible for the management of environment and corporate social responsibility projects, working in line with the latest market and world trends. Directed by María Elena Martinos, and supported by an external consultant team, this new branch will continue implementing the already existing investigation projects, [...]
Lightweight bottle: a strong initiative for the environment
Several months ago, Viña Cono Sur started using lightweight bottles for Cono Sur’s and Isla Negra’s entry level products, in order to reduce the CO2 emissions produced by this product’s manufacturing and shipping. Glass is a very pollutant raw material and a key agent in the wine’s carbon footprint, as its manufacturing delivers greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Cono Sur re-launches its Organic range, along with its new packaging
Cono Sur Winery will be relaunching the Cono Sur Organic range 2009, comprising four varieties of wines made from organically grown grapes, and presenting an even more natural touch on its label, together with screwcap seal on the white varieties. By the end of this year, the 2009 vintage of Cono Sur wines made from organically [...]
Cono Sur at “Feria Cata y Vino 2009”
On the 28th and 29th of August the tenth version of Santiago’s “Feria Cata y Vino” – one of Chile`s most exclusive wine gatherings – took place on the recently launched W Hotel. The public could taste all sorts of varieties displayed by the more than seventy wineries participating. Although one of the novelties for [...]
Adolfo Hurtado: One of Chile’s Top 10 Winemakers for the bicentenary
With the aim of celebrating in the wine industry Chile’s bicentenary (in 2010 our country will commemorate 200 years of being independent), Rafael Prieto, one of the creators of “Guía de Vinos de Chile”, came up with the fantastic idea of producing 10 wines made from the same grape, by Chile’s top 10 winemakers, who [...]
Cono Sur Sponsors Fundación Chile Unido’s annual dinner
On August 27th Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery sponsored Fundación Chile Unido’s annual gathering. This institution has as main objective the investigation and dissemination of social and cultural values which act as foundation to the country’s human progress. They channelize their knowledge through two programs: “Acoge una vida” (Take in a life) and “Comunícate” (Communicate). [...]