[finnigan2]

"Chile are excellent wine-growing regions with conditions like that of Napa and Sonoma Valley in California."

- I read somewhere that there is a grape growing valley on the western side of the Chilean Andes which is the only place in the world where the vines still have the root stock that was otherwise wiped out world wide in the late 19th. century.
The mountains apparently protected the vines from the wind born parasite infestation.
So, if you want to know what a true Cabernet Sauvignon wine must have tasted like back then, you can still buy wine from this Chilean valley to find out.

[quantim]

There are also some very old pre-phylloxera vines in Argentina as well. Try some 'Malbec' old-vine if you can find it - warning, you'll get what you pay for but for $22 you can get your socks knocked off.

[NautiNurse]

Carmenère, a Bordeaux grape, has become pretty much the signature grape for Chilean wine makers. It was difficult to grow in France, and reportedly the Chilean grapes were mistakenly identified as Merlot until about ten years ago.