Maria Luz Marin

Rex Pickett's Sideways Column: The Bravest Woman Winemaker

Rex Pickett, 01.06.2022

What was supposed to be an exploration of Chilean Pinot Noir turned into "a journey into a Conradian heart of darkness” — until Rex Pickett caught a glimpse of a remote vineyard.

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I want to emigrate to Denmark. No, not because they have great healthcare. I want to emigrate there because that one nation of six million people imports a whopping 20% of wine from Chile’s Viña Casa Marin, most of it their ethereal Cipreses Sauvignon Blanc, the finest Sauvignon Blanc in the world, in my no doubt controversial estimation.

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