Carmenere is Chile’s signature grape and we have long felt it deserves recognition for its delicious aromatic qualities. We finally turned the heat up on our Carmenere Made for Curry idea in June 2010 with a press tasting at one of London’s top Indian restaurants, Benares, on Berkeley Square. The Executive Chef, Jitin Joshi, created a menu for us which used a range of traditional Indian recipes to show how versatile Carmenere is with so many different spicy dishes.

The success of the event cemented our resolve – we always knew Carmenere was a great match for curry – and we’ve been working hard ever since to take the idea to a wider audience of wine lovers across the UK.

We are now delighted to announce that Carmenere Made for Curry has been voted the 2011 Generic Campaign of the Year by one of the world’s top wine competitions, The International Wine Challenge. See our news post below for more.