Nº 101 | Year 15 | October 2015

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Viña errázuriz selected among wine & spirits “top 100 wineries of the year 2015” and

named “outstanding value winery of the year” by winealign

or the third consecutive year Viña Errázuriz was included in the prestigious group of wineries select-

ed by the American magazine Wine & Spirits as the 2015 Top 100 Wineries of the Year. �is list includes producers from around the world that have delivered the best overall performances in the magazine’s tastings throughout the year. Shortly after the Wine & Spirits recognition, the 10th WineAlign World Wine Awards of Canada announced its 2015 winners and named Viña Errázuriz its Outstand-ing Value Winery of the Year 2015. �is new World Wine Awards category honours the winery with the highest aggregate value score–calculated with a sophisti-cated formula based on both quality and price–of its top five scoring wines.

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Wine & spirits top scoring wines:

Winealign top scoring wines:Wine Vintage Value medal

Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Gold

Max Reserva Syrah 2012 Gold

Max Reserva Pinot Noir 2013 Gold

Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir 2012 Silver

Estate Series Syrah 2013 Silver

Max Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Silver

Estate Series Chardonnay 2014 Bronze

Click here to read the full WineAlign review on Errázuriz.com

Click here to read the full Wine & Spirits review on Errázuriz.com

Decanter 40th anniversary celebration

Eduardo Chadwick: business trajectory Award

�e most influential personalities from the international world of fine wine gathered at Le Gavroche in London on September 29 for the first of several events to celebrate Decanter's 40th anniversary. Eduardo Chadwick, President and Owner of Viña Errázuriz was invited to participate in the celebration along with Marchese Piero Antinori of Antinori wines, Pierre-Henry Gagey of Louis Jadot, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger of Champagne Taittinger, Frederic Rouzaud of Champagne Louis Roederer, Christo-phe Salin of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Peter Gago of Penfolds, Philippe Sereys de Rothschild of Mouton Rothschild, Olivier Krug of Champagne Krug, Angelo Gaja of Gaja Winery, Olivier Bernard of Domaine de Chevalier, Nicolas Catena of Argentina’s Catena, and Pablo Alvarez Mezquiriz of Vega Sicilia, to name but a few of the 80 attending celebrities.

Decanter writers including Michael Broadbent, Hugh Johnson, Andrew Jefford, Steven Spurrier, Sarah Jane Evans MW, and Stephen Brook also took part in the event. During her speech at the lunch, Decanter’s publishing director Sarah Kemp expressed her gratitude to the guests, saying “Each of you has played a significant part in Decant-er’s history, and we also must thank you for that.”

SEE: Photos of the Decanter 40th anniversary lunch Le Gavroche

During his short stay in London, Eduardo Chadwick met with friends, customers, and journalists such as Tom Harrow, �e Wine Chap, Leona De Pasquale, �e Vintage Magazine, and Guy Collins, Bloomberg News.

On August 28 at Museo de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Eduardo Chadwick, President and Owner of Viña Errázur-iz, was honoured with the “Business Trajectory Award”. �is recognition is given annually by the ANIAE (National Association of Oenologists-Agronomists of Chile) and ennobles wine professionals who have made a long-lasting impact on the Chilean wine industry.

�e award ceremony took place on ANIAE’s 61st anniversa-ry with more than 100 guests, including members of the association, wine industry representatives, journalists, and winners’ friends and families.

Eduardo Chadwick gave a short speech to show his gratitude for the award and took a few moments to recall his career, challenges, and accomplishments through the years he has been in charge of Viña Errázuriz.

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Eduardo Chadwick, Steven Spurrier and Adam Brett-Smith of Corney & Barrow at Decanter 40th lunch, Le Gavroche.

To read Leona’s article “Iconic Chilean Wines Reaching the Zenith” in �e Vintage Magazine, please click here.

Errázuriz wine photographer of the year 2016

Cru magazine: viña errázuriz champion winery of chile

�e Errázuriz Wine Photographer of the Year category began four years ago, when Viña Er-rázuriz approached Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year with the idea of creating an international wine photography award for the world’s top wine photographers.

Since then, nine top wine images focusing on Produce, People, and Places have been displayed each year at the Mall Galleries of London as part of the overall exhibition of more than 100 images selected by Pink Lady judges.

�e competition is open for professional photographers as well as amateurs and enthusiasts, who can register and upload their pictures to the Pink Lady’s website. �e winner of Errázuriz 2016 Wine Photographer of the Year will receive US$1,500 and have the opportu-nity to display his or her work in the world-renowned Mall Galleries.

For further information and submissions please click here.

Don Maximiano takes the starring role in the latest issue of Cru Magazine with its 2010 and 2012 vintages on its cover and a feature article entitled “Viña Errázuriz: Cham-pion Winery of Chile.”“Chilean wines not only are reasonably priced, but also are great quality. Many top wineries like Viña Errázuriz produce top wines with quality on par with other famed wines from France, Australia and California. One of their icon wines Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve was award-ed as the best Chilean wine by our panel with rating of 94 points.”

With this introduction the Cru Magazine opened the September cover article dedicated to Viña Errázuriz. �e editor of the publication, Eddie Chui, interviewed Viña Errázuriz president Eduardo Chadwick earlier this year in Hong Kong and joined the Gala Dinner and Vertical Tasting for the celebration of the 145th anniversary of the winery.“(Don Maximiano) 2002 was my favourite of the night,” Eddie Chui wrote. “Full bodied with great elegance. �e complexity of the old vine is fully integrated into the flavour, with velvety tannin and lengthy finish. It evolved in the glass beautifully.”

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Errázuriz exciting new projects

Errázuriz around the world

Las pizarras

London

Chardonnay aconcagua costa among jancis robinson’s favourites

Sparkling wine

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�e Pre-launch of the first vintage of Viña Errázuriz’s top-end Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Aconcagua Costa has caught the attention of the international wine critics.

Errázuriz chief winemaker Francisco Baettig explained that this wine follows a Burgundian approach to labelling, therefore was named after the dominant soil in the vineyard: Las Pizarras (a type of metamorphic rocks called slate). He said, “We wanted to do something like you have in Burgundy, where the name of the wine is related to the place, the terroir, not just a fantasy name.”

�e wine was made with the support of both a Burgundian consultant winemaker and geolo-gist. �e highly respected geologist Françoise Vannier-Petit created a detailed map of the Aconcagua Costa estate’s soils, just as she did for Chambolle-Musigny. “By mapping the

�e past year has seen two major trends in Chile’s sparkling wine market. Production grew 21% over the previous year, and the demand for Premium products increased significantly. Driven by these market trends and Viña Errázuirz’s winemaking team constant innovation, the winery is prepar-ing to launch its first sparkling wine, which is currently aging on its lees. Eduardo Chadwick stated that “�ere will be 100 cases of top quality sparkling wine” made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines from Aconcagua Costa.

vineyards we have been able to identify areas that will give us different styles,” Francisco explained. “�e vineyards in the upper part of the region produce a drier, more mineral character, whereas at the bottom end you get a richer, bigger, more fruit-driven style.”

For the Las Pizarras 2014 vintage, which is due to be launched on 2016, there are just 280 cases of Chardonnay and 300 of Pinot Noir available.

Read the on line story by Patrick Schmitt, Editor in Chief of �e Drinks Business, “Errázuriz brings Burgundy to Chile for new ‘grands crus’” here:

For the last 12 years Jancis Robinson has hosted a gala wine dinner in London to raise funds for Room to Read, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and enabling education through programs focused on literacy in the third world.

�is year’s event followed closely after her last trip to Chile in February, so she invited the highest-rated Chilean wines from her visit to participate. In her special selection of five wines for the dinner, Jancis chose the 2013 Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay for the first course.

Jancis had previously ranked this wine at 17 points and commented that it was “Very firm and cool and lively. Lots to chew on and surely a suggestion of the schist here?! So clean, fresh and transparent. So lively.”

London

Mercado andino & mercado chileno: latin flair in london

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�e Old Spitalfields Market in the city of London, a beautiful covered market space that has been a hub of trading activity for hundreds of years, was the venue chosen for Mercado Andino, Europe’s largest trade event for Chile and Argentina. �is tasting took place during 9th –10th September 2015, followed by Merca-do Chileno, an extended tasting for consumers that focused on Chilean wineries. Viña Errázuriz chief winemaker Francisco

London

Errázuriz bustling press dinner

Errázuriz chief winemaker Francisco Baettig arrived in London a few days before Mercado Andino to meet with some of the UK’s most influential winewriters at Coya Restaurant. �e evening began with a wine tasting with Jamie Goode, founding editor of wineanorak.com and who is currently a wine columnist for �e Sunday Express and contributor to �e World of Fine Wine, Wine Business International, and Sommelier Journal. �ey were then joined by Guy Woodward, editor of Harrods Magazine, Neil Beckett, editor of the World of Fine Wines, Tom Cannavan, founder of thewinegang.com, and Adam Lechmere of Decanter for the wine dinner. Among the evening’s highlights was the tasting of the new high-end wines, Las Pizarras Chardonnay and Pinot from Aconcagua Costa (see Errázuriz Exciting New Projects), which captured the attention of all attendees and received wonderful comments and reviews.

To read the on line story about Las Pizarras in Harpers “Chile’s Errázuriz plans assault on top-end market 2016” by Nigel Huddleston, click here.

Baettig showcased the Errázuriz range at these events along with the latest projects for the UK and European press, trade buyers, wine lovers and consumers. During the event a special table called “Andean Accolades” featured Chile’s and Argentina’s 2015 Trophy and Gold Medal Winners from the most relevant international competitions. Errázuriz shined with its 2013 Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir. �is wine scooped the 2015 Decant-er World Wine Awards trophy for ‘Best Chilean Pinot over £15’ as well as winning a Regional Trophy and a Gold Medal.�e journalists Oz Clark, Olly Smith and Tim Atkin, known as �e �ree Wine Men, were present throughout Mercado Andino, hosting speed-tasting sessions and meeting guests. Olly Smith commented that the fair “…captures the vibrancy, the diversity, and the natural spirit of Chile, all of which say to me—there is nothing that Chile cannot do!... What’s wonder-ful about this event is that it is the food, the people, the place, the music coming to life and bringing Chile right to the heart of London.”

Beijing

Don maximiano at official celebration between chile and china

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In a dazzling traditional ballroom located in a fully restored 600-year-old Chinese temple, the major authorities and business leaders of Chile and the People’s Republic of China gathered to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two nations and the 10th anniversary of their Free Trade Agreement.Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve, the Errázuriz icon wine from the Aconcagua Valley, was the official wine of this high-end event held on August 26 at �e Temple in Beijing. Chinese representatives led by the Vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Xiang Ba Pingc-uo, and the Chilean delegation, which included former President Eduardo Frei, the Ambassador to China, Jorge Heine, and the Minister of Public Works, Alber-to Undurraga, among others, toasted with Don Maxi-miano to celebrate the close friendship between Chile and China.

Carlos de Carlos, Errázuriz Asia Managing Director, presented the Chinese authorities with the book “�e Berlin Tasting, Uncorking the Potential of Chile’s Terroir,” which tells the story of the Chadwick-Er-rázuriz family and their quest to establish Chile’s place among the world’s greatest wine appellations.

New york

Errázuriz at great wines of the andes

�e top 40 wineries from Chile and Argentina, selected by the leading wine critic James Suckling, gathered in New York City on October 5 for the second Wines of the Andes event, which was co-hosted by Suckling and premium American wine merchant Zachys.

�e walk-around tasting gave the wineries the opportunity to showcase their premium wines in a relaxed atmosphere of wine, food, and music. �e Errázuriz wines featured were Don Maxi-miano Founder’s Reserve 2013, Max Reserva

Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, and Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay 2013, all of which were selected among Chile’s top scoring bottlings.

Watch the video of the James Suckling and Zachys’ Great Wine of the Andes event here.

Canada

Rimouski international jazz festival

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Viña Errázuriz was the official partner of the 30th anniver-sary of the Rimouski International Jazz Festival in Quebec, Canada, from September 2 to 6. During the music event wines were served at the Buvette Errázuriz, a bar that quickly became the favourite venue for getting together and enjoying the best of Chilean wines.

Errázuriz also hosted four gastronomic dinners at some of the finest restaurants in Rimouski. During the wine dinners the renowned winewriter Jean-François Demers, accompanied by Errazuriz’s brand ambassador Marta Bonomo, offered a guided tasting and pairing with special menus for the guests. Among the celebrities who joined the Errázuriz dinners was Stanley Péan, writer, journalist, and voice of the Radio Canada program “Quand le Jazz est là!” who interviewed Jean Francois Demers talking about jazz, wine, and pairing songs with Errázuriz Acon-cagua Costa wines.

To see Errazuriz’s gastronomic program click here.

To hear the radio interview (in French) with Stanley Péan and Jaen Francois Demers. click here and listen to Vendredi 4 September starting at 1:40:00.