Expert’s Column

ENJOYING THE CHILEAN COFFEE SCENE: BYE, BYE NESCAFÉ!

Andes Wines’ sweets and pastry writer Suzanne Taylor sips through the history of coffee drinking in Chile, brings some light into the local popularity of instant coffee, and the principle behind the quintessential café con piernas.
January 31st, 2012 | Expert's Column, General | Read More

FOOD AND SOCIAL MEDIA: EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO MY OPINION

Andes Wines’ sweets and pastry writer Suzanne Taylor writes about how social media has transformed our relationship with food, connecting us at a whole different level with our appetite and foodies alike at the cyber-table.
January 16th, 2012 | Expert's Column, General | Read More

SOME CHILEAN CULINARY GEMS

Andes Wines’ sweets and pastry writer Suzanne Taylor visited the VIII Andes Wines Gourmet Food and Wine Sale, the largest of its kind in Chile … and was in for a big surprise!
December 25th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

MERRY CHILEAN X-MAS!

Andes Wines’ sweets and pastry writer Suzanne Taylor shares her impressions on spending Christmas for the second time in Chile… and leaves us hanging for a delicious treat!
December 16th, 2011 | Expert's Column, General | Read More

AH! THE SWEET (CHILEAN) LIFE

We introduce you to our newest addition to the Andes Wines team of writers, Canadian sweets and pastry critic Suzanne Taylor. Her mission is deliciously simple: getting to know Chile’s sweet side!
December 5th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

DISCOVERING THE MYSTERIES OF WINE THROUGH HUMAN SENSES

AW International Director, Pamela Villablanca, tells I Love Chile readers how to enjoy the mysteries of wine through smell. (Click here to read the original column) It’s official: springtime has arrived to Chile and its vines are waking up, showing the first buds. This might mean that some of you...
November 28th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

JANCIS ROBINSON: AUSTRIANS THRILLED WITH 2011 VINTAGE

by Julia Harding MW ‘One of the greatest vintages in Austrian history.’ This upbeat assessment of 2011, just coming to a close, comes from Josef (Pepe) Schuller MW, founder and managing director of the Austrian Wine Academy and recent chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine, after he...
November 10th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

MOVIE LOGISTIC EXECUTIVE AT III WINE AFTER OFFICE IN SANTIAGO

This November 7th the story of StartUps & Expats doing business in Chile will premiere at the networking and entrepreneurship event III Wine After Office. The event will host a very special guest, James Bond: Quantum of Solace logistics producer and owner of boutique film production services company...
November 2nd, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

THE WORRYING SITUATION OF ARGENTINEAN WINE IN THE US

AndesWines.com news analysis For many months, there have been worrying signals coming from foreign markets—especially the US—about the condition of Argentinean wine sales. Although, according to official statistics, sales are increasing and the median price has been relatively stable, this doesn’t...
August 25th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More

BOTTLING A CULTURE

Drinking, identity and the mystery of selling Chile By Erin Becker The fashion industry likes to claim “you are what you wear.” But according to some current research, we are, in fact, what we drink. In an Anthropology of Food article titled “Globalization, differentiation and drinking cultures,...
August 16th, 2011 | Expert's Column | Read More