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Chile perdió un Angel: Douglas Murray of Montes
Douglas Murray of Montes Winery
The Chilean wine industry is in mourning this week — And anyone browsing B-21’s South American wine shelves can tell how much we valued his work that made Montes so formidable.
Murray, 68 and a native of Antofagasta spent his career as a pioneer promoter of Chilean wine to the world, especially England and Japan. He touted it not just as wine of good value but one with the potential for great quality. After he joined with Aurelio Montes in 1982 to make their own label, he proved his point. Montes has distinguished itself from delightful rosés and late-harvest gewurz to top dollar cabs, shiraz and carmenere. In between were chardonnay and merlot rated as among the best buys on the planet.
The name on the label came from his partner. The idea for an angel on every Montes bottle was Murray’s.
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