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The first activities at our vineyard began in 1987. Two partners with great illusions, Aurelio Montes and Douglas Murray, both holding long-standing experience in the wine industry, were certain Chile could improve on the quality it was producing at the time. It seemed as if the large and medium-scale vineyards were satisfied with limiting their distribution to local supermarkets. They certainly knew how to produce premium wines, but didn’t feel up to it, they were satisfied with the niche markets they had attained, which was certainly broad, although small. In 1988, another two original partners joined in, Alfredo Vidaurre and Pedro Grand, each providing their qualified, complimentary views, and thus, Viña Monte was formally born, initially under the name Discover Wine Ltda., a saga that has made Chile internationally known in 75 countries worldwide while providing extensive recognition and acclaim.

  

1996-1997

U.S.A. JERRY MEADE ON WINE (February, 1996)
A great part of his article is dedicated to MONTES: "MONTES WINES. Not unlike here, the vast majority of Chilean wines is produced by a few large wineries. But just as in the USA, there is also a trend toward smaller operations in Chile...you may have noted that each and every wine reviewed from MONTES has a "BEST BUY" value score. That in itself is pretty amazing and explains why Chile is one answer to escalating California prices. It also explains why major players like Robert Mondavi, Franciscan and several others are investing in and importing Chilean wines.

Thailand WINE & VINTAGE REVIEW (Bangkok, May, 1996) by VISITH SUKSAKARN.
Two pages with photos and a very nice article in thai about MONTES wines.

SINGAPORE THE WINE REVIEW (Magazine, September, 1996) “MONTES, A MODERN SUCCESS STORY” by CH’NG POH TIONG. Discover Wine is one of the greatest success stories in modern Chilean wine... Aurelio Montes was selected by his own peers in 1995 as Chilean Winemaker of the year... Douglas Murray is the marketing driving force and also a great spokesman for Chilean wine altogether and is regarded by many of his peers as something of a godfather to the industry...also chairman of Wines of Chile U.K., the only overseas office opened by all the wineries of Chile.

Japan VINOTHÊQUE (Tokyo, 1996) by FUMIKO ARISAKA.
A very nice article of several pages in japanese about Chilean wines where MONTES (Discover Wine, S.A.) gets a half-page with photo.

U.S.A. PASSIONS PAR EXCELLENCE (Spring, 1996) "DISCOVER THE BEST" by MATTHEW C. HOWARD. Under "FINE WINES," the author plays with the heading and Discover Wine, MONTES' legal name and describes how it was created: "...the result has placed Chile on the map of fine world vineyards and today Discover Wine's biggest problem is keeping enough bottles of their exclusive MONTES ALPHA on the shelves for a very demanding international clientele..."

U.K. JANCIS ROBINSON’S (1996) Referring to Chile ....“The Estate wineries such as the historic....MONTES.....are unusual in today’s Chilean vinescape, though the signs are that more and more individuals will be tempted to fashion greatness out of the great raw materials that Chile has to offer.”

Chile CAPITAL (January, 1997) "VINO CHILENO PARA EL MUNDO" (CHILEAN WINE FOR THE WORLD) by JAVIER PERALTA. After describing what the export market has become for Chile and concentrated in the "big four," the author mentions the "colonialists" (foreign investors) andhome-grown talent "...DISCOVER WINE, A TRUE DISCOVERY..." and goes on to describe our wines and achievements in the export quality markets.

Singapore WINE & DINE (Singapore, August/September, 1997)"CHILE, A MANY-SPLENDOURED LAND" by TERRY TAN. "...MONTES/DISCOVER WINE is the brainchild of some of Chile's foremost wine growers and winemakers and influential men of the trade, namely Douglas Murray, known as the Father of Chilean wines for his global marketing efforts, and Aurelio MONTES, famed oenologist and an icon in the Chilean wine industry who has lent his expertise to many Chilean vineyards plus Alfredo Vidaurre and Pedro Grand."

Taiwan TAIWAN MING-SHEN DAILY NEWS (Taipei, September 13, 1997)
"Although French wine still is the major stream in Taiwan, local importers feel Chile is having a very good start in the local market." "...We interviewed Douglas Murray from top Chilean wine producer MONTES, who emphasized Chile's European heritage in wine and its value for quality as well as the recent concentration in producing ever better top wines."

MEXICO EXCELSIOR (November 28, 1997) “LA CUSPIDE LOS MONTES” (The Peak of MONTES) by Rodolfo Gerschman. “Aurelio Montes is the exact image of that undefined and magical quality we tend to associate with top winemakers... when his wines reached Mexico some years ago the dominant Chilean wineries in this market had to wake from their complacency ....it is usual by now for MONTES to shake up the wine merchants. It is part of the might and destiny as role model for so many other boutique Chilean wineries that have tried to follow the MONTES trail...from the start, with MONTES ALPHA leading the international wine trade....At present Aurelio’s passion is a “super-wine”, still unnamed, now referred to as “Project X”...when released it will be the MONTES dream come true”
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