Harvest is finally winding down at the Flaherty estate (OK, the Flaherty garage, but estate sounds so much nicer). The Limarí Syrah finished fermenting early in the week. The Carmenére is struggling to go dry, but it looks like it will make it. The density reading this morning was 996.5, which means it’s getting really [...]

Sorry fot the lack of posts this week. I’ve started a new translating project , which doesn’t leave me a lot of time for writing. Our last two lots are close to finishing. We pressed out the Manzur Cabernets last weekend, and we’ll press out the Limarí Cab tomorrow. Harvest is almost over.

I used to have a list a mile long of all the ingredients that are not available in Chile. I spent a lot of time and effort getting those ingredients into my kitchen—either stocking up during trips home or begging my mom and sisters to track them down and send them. In some cases, a [...]

I’m on my own this week with the final fermentations, as Ed is at the London Wine Fair. The Fair is conveniently scheduled in May every year so that it is off season for the Northern Hemisphere wineries, but it is always a bit of a stretch for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere [...]

Ed doesn’t particularly care for coconut desserts or creamy custards. He finds them too rich, too unctuous, with no acidity to balance them out. That’s exactly why I adore them! So with Ed off in London for the London Wine Fair, the boys and I decided to make a crème brûlée for our Sunday dessert. [...]

I can’t believe it’s Thursday already! I was a bit under the weather earlier in the week, which is never a good thing during harvest—because just like kids, fermentations can’t be put on hold. So Ed and I have been having conversations along the lines of, How are you feeling? Did you punch down the [...]