Chilean Reds

It seems as though everyone is writing about Chilean reds these days. I've seen five or six articles in the past few days discussing "the new prevalence of bold Chilean reds in the US" or "Want something different, why not Chile?" Today, Decanter has an article up on their UK site discussing the growing presence on these oft-spicy, many times wonderful varietals on the US market. According to their report:

"Wines of Chile is to open a new US office in a bid to capitalise on consumers' increasing thirst for more diverse styles of the country's wines. The New York office will be housed in the new Puro Chile complex, a combined retail space, showroom, event venue, business centre and art gallery designed to promote the country's wine and tourism. Chile's bottled wine exports to the US were up 8% by volume and 15% by value in 2007, but figures for October last year showed that growth had slowed to 3.3% and 3.9% respectively as the US slid into recession. "

So if you haven't tried a Chilean red recently . . . run out and by one. It's the next big thing! Not to mention that many of them are remarkably affordable (less than $10) and much better than you'd expect. So give it a shot, you can thank me later.