从柏林迈向世界
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Errázuriz Icon Wines Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve, Seña, and Viñedo Chadwick Took the Top Five Places in the Historic Tasting Held in Amsterdam
Errázuriz Icon wines Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve, Seña, and Viñedo Chadwick took the top five places over French classics and Italian cult wines in an historic tasting held at the Amstel Hotel on the 13th of October 2008. Read More >
Sixty-eight tasters, members of the Dutch Gastrovino network of specialty shops and their selected guests (lawyers, doctors, businessmen and independent Dutch entrepreneurs), met at the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam for a blind tasting of Viña Errázuriz Icon wines Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve, Seña, and Viñedo Chadwick, from the 2004 and 2005 vintages along with French Château Latour, Château Lafite, Sassicaia and Solaia from the 2004 harvest.
Viña Errázuriz is committed to educating the international public about Chilean conditions as a viticultural paradise and its different terroirs. Conducting the Berlin Tastings around the world allows consumers from all nations to experience by themselves that Chile produces world-class wines.
Participants
Jean-Marc Van De Kant (Wine Merchant, Jean Arnaud Wijncom. B.V.) Michel Van Acker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Christian Callec, Ellen Dekkers, Hubrecht Duijker, Yves Goffard, Julien Goffard, Harold Hamersma, Karin Helmer, René Van Heusden, Jasper Van De Hoogen, Gerhard Horstink, Frank Jacobs, Nicolaas Klei, Nic Van Lokven, Juan Martabit, Ronald Opten, Roy Pelgrim, René Persoon, Jean Pottiez, Edwin Raben, Esther Slootweg, Hans Tuin.
Amsterdam
13 October 2008 Amstel Hotel- Cees Van Casteren MW, Jean-Marc Van De Kant, Eduardo Chadwick
- 1- Don Maximiano 2005
- 2- Seña 2004
- 3- Seña 2005
- 4- Viñedo Chadwick 2005
- 5- Don Maximiano 2004
- 6- Château Margaux 2004
- 7- Château Latour 2004
- 8- Château Lafite-Rothschild 2004
- 9- Sassicaia 2004
- 10- Solaia 2004
Expert Opinions
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Cees Van Casteren, Dutch Wine Writer & Author, November 2013I was sitting next to Eduardo as the results came in and we couldn’t believe our eyes. Sixty-eight tasters, members of the Dutch Gastrovino network of specialty shops and their selected guests (lawyers, doctors, businessmen and independent Dutch entrepreneurs), gave for the first time in history, all of the to top places Errázuriz Icon wines over the French classics and Italian cult wines!
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Cees Van Casteren, Dutch Wine Writer & Author, November 2013…The Berlin Tasting did indeed change the perception of fine wine lovers and sommeliers in the Netherlands. Until then, Chilean wines enjoyed great popularity for everyday drinking (and still do), but the top wines were not considered at par with the illustrious French and Italian counterparts. The results of this event… changed all of this. And with it, all top wines from Chile benefited.
Opinions
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Steven Spurrier, Consultant Editor to Decanter & Chairman of Decanter World Wine Awards, United Kingdom, October 2013
I don’t think he was expecting at all to do as well as he did, but I think having done it, it was an educational experience further than he had planned, because instead of just educating the 40 or 50 people in the room, he educated the entire world.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW, First Asian Master of Wine, Contributing Editor Decanter Asia, Co-Chair of DAWA, Author, Wine Consultant & Educator, November 2011
When Eduardo and I first discussed the concept of this blind tasting format, I told him to brace himself for disappointment, especially given the popularity of Bordeaux reds in this part of the world. I was completely wrong in my warning and I am truly surprised by the results…
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Jorge Lucki, Brazilian Wine Journalist and Columnist for Valor Econômico de Sao Paulo, October 2013
Until that point only Eduardo knew what he had in his hands. Today the whole world knows… By reaching indisputable recognition in the world wine scene, Eduardo Chadwick’s wines have clearly demonstrated Chile’s tremendous vitivinicultural potential and have helped Chilean wines earn greater space and credibility in the international market.
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Josh Raynolds, Wine Critic to Steven Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA, December 2013
These tastings definitely have had an impact on how many influential members of the American wine trade view Chile today. So I see them as invaluable to promoting Chile’s well- deserved image as a source for world-class wine that can sit alongside the best that the rest of the world has to offer.
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Jancis Robinson MW, “Chilean Wine Grows Up” Financial Times UK, ft Weekend Magazine, February 14, 2004
One enterprising Chilean wine producer, Eduardo Chadwick of Viña Errázuriz, has managed to organise a similar evolutionary milestone for the Chilean wine industry—or at least of his own wines… at what will doubtless come to be known in the history of Chilean wine as the “Berlin Tasting”
