Chile has a worldwide reputation for its excellent wines, the quality of Chilean wines owes much to the efforts of our winegrowers, who took great pains is caring for those French vines that made of our soils their natural environment.

A tasting wine trip into the Colchagua Valley

One of the most characteristic wine-producing areas in Chile is the Colchagua valley. Located some 100 miles (160 km) south of Santiago, it stretches from the Pan American Highway west towards the coast. Colchagua, which in the native indigenous language means "valley of small lagoons", is the land in which the hunting tribe named the "Chiquillanes" settled the most warlike, battle-hardened group of the Mapuche nation. The first pre-Hispanic irrigation works were built by the Incas, and using this method, agriculture was introduced to Colchagua. Later, the Jesuit missionaries planted the first vines in Chile in order to create communion wine. These vineyards were established on Colchagua Valley's coastal area, at the Jesuit Mission settlement of Pichilemu. This would mark the beginning of vitiviniculture in the Colchagua Valley.

A tasting wine trip into the Colchagua Valley

One of the most characteristic wine-producing areas in Chile is the Colchagua valley. Located some 100 miles (160 km) south of Santiago, it stretches from the Pan American Highway west towards the coast. Colchagua, which in the native indigenous language means "valley of small lagoons", is the land in which the hunting tribe named the "Chiquillanes" settled the most warlike, battle-hardened group of the Mapuche nation. The first pre-Hispanic irrigation works were built by the Incas, and using this method, agriculture was introduced to Colchagua. Later, the Jesuit missionaries planted the first vines in Chile in order to create communion wine. These vineyards were established on Colchagua Valley's coastal area, at the Jesuit Mission settlement of Pichilemu. This would mark the beginning of vitiviniculture in the Colchagua Valley.