Think You Know South America? Think Again.

Artisan wines from Brazos Imports, with Robert McFarlane of Potomac Selections.
Saturday, November 7 | 1:00 to 4:00 PM

Please join us Saturday as Robert McFarlane a true “legend” of the DC wine scene is back once again to pour some awesome wines from Chile and Argentina. Forget the big, glossy Malbec and the bargain-bin Cab. There’s a whole other South America out there, and it’s one of the most exciting places in the wine world right now. Think 150-year-old vines farmed by hand, volcanic and granite soils, high-desert mountain sites, and young winemakers digging up grapes most people have never heard of.

Robert McFarlane will pour six artisan bottles from Brazos Imports, a portfolio built on small growers and serious terroir. If you are a fan of Kermit Lynch, Dressner, etc we’d like to think these are South American equivalent. Authentic wines with soul and character made by farmers. Come thirsty, come curious, and leave with a new favorite.

On the table:

2024 Grillos Cantores “Mi Nena” Corinto, Itata, Chile
Chasselas from vines planted in the 1800s, dry-farmed in Chile’s oldest wine country. Light, crisp and peppery.

2025 Laberinto Sauvignon Blanc, Maule, Chile
Rafael Tirado’s mountain estate, with a vineyard planted as a maze on volcanic ash above Lake Colbún. Electric and mineral.

2023 González Bastías Naranjo, Maule, Chile
An orange wine from vines up to 200 years old: Moscatel, Torontel and País, foot-trodden and aged in local raulí wood. Wild and aromatic.

2024 Clos des Fous “Subsollum” Pinot Noir, Aconcagua Costa, Chile
Cool-climate coastal Pinot from limestone and granite. Cherry, rose and spice, at a price Burgundy can only dream of.

2024 Ver Sacrum “Gloria” Garnacha, Los Chacayes, Argentina
Eduardo Soler’s high-altitude Garnacha, from cuttings of a 1947 vineyard. Foot-trodden, whole cluster, and aged in amphora. Bright and juicy.

2022 PerSe “Inseparable” Malbec, Gualtallary, Argentina
Malbec, but not as you know it. From a monastery vineyard high in the Uco Valley, aged in concrete with no oak. Pure, floral and chalky.

Free and open to all. Stop by anytime between 1 and 4.