Raise Your Wine IQ - Wines of South America

Although South American countries have been making wine since the 1500s, just 35 years ago they were a mere curiosity in America. Argentina, using grapes brought by the Spanish, has become the sixth largest exporter of wine to the United States; while Chile, with classic varieties from Bordeaux and other regions of Europe, is seventh. These two regions are setting an excellent example for their South American neighbors. Learn how a land of great geographic and climatic extremes can provide the easel for creating delicious wines at such reasonable prices.