Uncorked: Eduardo Chadwick

Credited with putting Chilean fine wine on the map, Eduardo Chadwick is President and owner of Viña Errázuriz and Viña Seña which with Viñedo Chadwick, trounced the First Growths in the famous Berlin Tasting of 2004.

What Vintage are you?

1959 from Maipo Valley

What bottle sparked your love of wine?

Château Margaux 2001.

Ambition or talent – what matters more?

I prefer to think that, more than ambition, success is a matter of determination, luck and persistence.

What would you be as a wine?

Seña.

Where are you happiest?

At our property at Aconcagua Costa, Chilhué, surrounded by incredible, beautiful scenery and my family.

What’s your greatest vice?

Being always too engaged, never unplugged.

Best advice you ever got?

Not to take life too seriously.

Your cellar’s underwater, which bottle would you dive in and save?

I would save a bottle of Viñedo Chadwick 2000.

What’s the best & worst thing about the wine business?

Definitely, the best is the wonderful people and friends I have met around the world. Worst is that it’s a tough business challenge!

Personal satisfaction (Parker points)

100 points.

Desert island vine?

It will depend on the terroir, soil & climate, so as to produce the best wine!

Which wine would you like served at your funeral?

It would have to be a uniquely Chilean wine: KAI, our best Carmenère from the Aconcagua Valley.