Casa Marn Winery, Chile: Current Releases
Posted On: December 18, 2009 – 11:47 pm

For me, great wines always have a story behind them. It can be the story of the people who made it, the place it comes from, the story of how the grapes became the final wine, or a thousand other things that make a wine more than just the flavors and aromas in the glass. The best wines are overflowing with such stories, and discovering them for myself is one of the greatest joys of being a wine lover. In the far reaches of Chile’s San Antonio valley, on a road that winds its way over the rolling hills towards the ocean, a particular crest of a hill, once rounded, reveals vineyards spilling over the steep hillsides like a green froth. Their obviously meticulous care stands in somewhat stark contrast to the corrugated tin and wooden shacks on the opposite side of the road, or the cinder block remains (or unfinished beginnings) of what might have been a house or a store. Down in the little valley at the base of these hills lies the tiny village of Lo Abarca, its…
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