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Chile: overview for wine lovers

The modern global wine market is impossible to imagine without Chilean wines. Today, Chile ranks fifth in the world for wine exports. Chilean wines are valued for their high quality and reasonable prices. And yet, some thirty years ago, the chance of encountering a Chilean wine outside South America was close to zero. Even in Chile itself, a wine lover did not have much to celebrate.

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Overview of South American wines

In the present day, it’s virtually impossible to envision the global wine market without the vibrant presence of South American wines. Walk into any wine store in North America, one not exclusively dedicated to a specific region, and you’ll undoubtedly find Chilean and Argentinean wines gracing its shelves. Yet, a mere two decades ago, the prospect of encountering South American wines outside of South America was an exceedingly rare occurrence.

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