{"id":1817,"date":"2010-12-01T11:15:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2010-12-01T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T11:18:11","slug":"chile-day-2-apalta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/chile\/chile-day-2-apalta","title":{"rendered":"Chile day 2: Apalta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1823\" title=\"IMGP0576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0576-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the jolly jaunts of day 1 (proper) in Chile, yesterday was spent in a more rigorous manner in the Apalta vineyards of Vina Ventisquero. I&#8217;m very short of time, so all I&#8217;ll say for now is that we learned a great deal about terroir from a consultant, Pedro Parra, who holds a PhD in the subject, and tried some really impressive wines in an extensive series of tastings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1824\" title=\"IMGP0706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0706-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pangea, the top red, is a Syrah made in conjunction with John Duval &#8211; we tasted a vertical of all the vintages (2004-2008), as well as the impressive &#8216;Grey&#8217; wines, and two exclusives: the first wines from a new region, Huasca, in the Attacama desert up north.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured top: Emma, Chris and Peter in the back of an old Chilean army truck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1825\" title=\"IMGP0668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMGP0668-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the jolly jaunts of day 1 (proper) in Chile, yesterday was spent in a more rigorous manner in the Apalta vineyards of Vina Ventisquero. 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