Chile as a Wine Country
Capital: Santiago
Currency: Chilean Peso
(CHEE-lay)
Chile
Chile
Photo of the sun break following morning fog over the vineyards of Veramonte Winery (located in the Casablanca Valley) Long and thin, Chile has a lot of land north to south. The wine region here is a series of districts based near Santiago. The vineyards are protected by the Pacific on the west and the Andes mountains on the east. This could help explain why the climate changes more from east to west than north to south – also why the country has remained phylloxera free. Quite a few wineries in Chile were founded by large French wine companies. Seeing the potential of the country, vineyards were bought and planted by these French folks and the results tell of a smart investment. Some of these wineries include: Los Vascos, Casa Lapostolle and Cousino Macul. And while the inspiration may have been French, but the wines here are quite Chilean. Notable Facts The main regions of Chile include Maipo (pronounced MY-poh), known for reds like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenere; Casablanca Valley, a region producing delicious Sauvignon Blanc, as well as other whites & some reds; Colchaugua, an inland district creating amazing red wines from Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, particularly in the Apalta sub-region; and Rapel Valley, settled right under Maipo and producing the same red varietals. A couple of smaller regions to watch include Limari and Elqui, two valleys further north, producing some delicious cool-climate Chardonnay and Bio Bio, an area further south, which is also focused on cool-climate varieties. Chilean wines are growing in exports and more consumers are enjoying the delicious values coming from the country. Red wines of the region, though they cannot be generalized, make the whole gamut of wine quality – quaffable to collectible. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Carmenere are the main players, though Syrah is also making a splash. Some of the best reds are blends of the above varieties. As for whites, Sauvignon Blanc is typically crisp, herbal and racy, while Chardonnay is richer in style with full-bodied texture and tropical fruit flavors.
Wineries in Chile
| Winery |
|---|
| Agustinos Estate Vineyards Winery in Aconcagua, Chile |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Ponder Estate Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Simon Hackett Winery in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Central Valley, Chile |
| Viña Cornellana Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Errazuriz Estate Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Bodegas Maximo Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| El Grano Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Don Miguel Torres Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Mont Gras Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| de Solminihac Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Terra Andina Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Viña Almaviva Winery in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Central Valley, Chile |
| Vina Carta Vieja Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Viña San Esteban Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Viña Tarapaca Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Von Siebenthal Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Von Siebenthal Winery in Aconcagua, Chile |
| Viña Concha y Toro Winery in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Central Valley, Chile |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Errazuriz Estate Winery in Aconcagua, Chile |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Carmen Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Espiritu de Chile Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Central Valley, Chile |
| Bodega Privada Winery in Biobio Valley, Sur, Chile |
| Agustinos Estate Vineyards Winery in Aconcagua Valley, Chile |
| Viña Arboleda Winery in Aconcagua, Chile |
| Vina Tarapaca Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Montes Winery in Atacama, Chile |
| Cameron Hughes Wine Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Los Vascos Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Valdivieso Winery in Chile |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Aconcagua |
| San Pedro Winery in Central Valley |
| Amayna Winery in Chile |
| Carmen Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Casa Rivas Winery in The Central Valley, Chile |
| Viña Montes Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Rayun Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Viña Santa Rita Zot Winery in Central Valley |
| Veramonte Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Perez Cruz Winery in Chile |
| Viña Chocálan Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Santa Carolina Winery in Aconcagua |
| Domaine William Fèvre Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Peñalolén Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Calina Winery in The Central Valley |
| Viña Casa Rivas Winery in The Central Valley |
| Amayna Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Central Valley |
| Montes Alpha Winery in Chile |
| Viu Manent Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Leyda Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Chile |
| Valdivieso Winery in Central Valley |
| Mont Gras Winery in The Central Valley |
| Sincerity Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viner Winery in Aconcagua |
| Vina Indomita Winery in Chile |
| Botalcura Winery Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Atacama |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Carmen Winery in Central Valley |
| Veramonte Winery in Central Valley |
| Viu Manent Winery in Chile |
| Cousiño-macul Winery in Central Valley |
| San Martino Winery & Vineyards Winery in Coquimbo |
| Ventisquero Winery in Chile |
| Mont Gras Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Echeverría Winery in Chile |
| Veranda Winery in Aconcagua |
| El Toqui Winery in Cachapoal Valley |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Caliterra Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Arboleda Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Valdivieso Winery in Aconcagua |
| Aresti Winery in Chile |
| Errazuriz Estate Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Calina Winery in Chile |
| Anakena Winery in Central Valley |
| Santa Ema Winery in Cachapoal Valley |
| Vina Santa Ines/De Martino Winery in Coquimbo |
| Loma Larga Vineyards Winery in Chile |
| Hacienda Araucano Winery in Valle Central, Chile |
| Viña Segu Winery in Central Valley |
| Odfjell Vineyards Winery in Central Valley |
| Santa Ema Winery in Central Valley |
| Terramater Winery in Chile |
| Don Miguel Torres Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Calina Winery in Central Valley |
| Cousiño-macul Winery in Chile |
| Ventisquero Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña San Esteban Winery in Aconcagua |
| Chono Winery in Chile |
| J. Bouchon Winery in Chile |
| Casa Silva Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Alfasi Winery in Central Valley |
| Gracia de Chile Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Tabalí Winery in Chile |
| Errazuriz Estate Winery in Chile |
| Viña Caliterra Winery in Chile |
| Viñedos Terranoble Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Root: 1 Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Laurel Glen Winery Winery in Chile |
| Vina Maquis Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Casa Julia Winery in Central Valley |
| Vina Cremaschi Furlotti Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Santa Carolina Winery in Central Valley |
| Aresti Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Echeverría Winery in Central Valley |
| Carpe Diem Winery in Chile |
| Veranda Winery in Southern Chile |
| Odfjell Vineyards Winery in The Central Valley |
| Quinta de Viluco Winery in Central Valley |
| Casa Silva Winery in Chile |
| Viña Los Vascos Winery in Chile |
| Odfjell Vineyards Winery in Chile |
| Valdivieso Winery in The Central Valley |
| Viña Montes Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Tabalí Winery in Coquimbo |
| Viña Montes Winery in Chile |
| Viña Arboleda Winery in Aconcagua |
| EQ Winery in Chile |
| Apaltagua Winery in Chile |
| Viña Quintay Winery in Aconcagua |
| Vina Santa Helena Winery in Central Valley |
| Botalcura Winery Winery in Chile |
| Tobiano Winery in Aconcagua |
| Montes Alpha Winery in Central Valley |
| Carmen Winery in Aconcagua |
| Don Miguel Torres Winery in Chile |
| Walnut Crest Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Caliterra Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Undurraga Winery in Chile |
| Bodega y Viñedos Korta Winery in Chile |
| Kingston Family Vineyards Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Peñalolén Winery in Chile |
| Viña Quebrada de Macul Winery in Central Valley |
| Viñedos Errazuriz Ovalle Winery in Chile |
| Viña Falernia Winery in Coquimbo |
| Palo Alto Winery in Central Valley |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Central Valley |
| Walnut Crest Winery in Aconcagua |
| Apaltagua Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Casas Patronales Winery in Chile |
| Casa Donoso Winery in Central Valley |
| NOMAD Winery in Chile |
| Veramonte Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Anakena Winery in |
| Noon Winery in Atacama, Chile |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Chile |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Domaine Felipe Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Haras de Pirque Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Chocálan Winery in Chile |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Aconcagua |
| La Playa Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Apaltagua Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| San Martino Winery & Vineyards Winery in Chile |
| Viña Requingua Winery in Central Valley |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Coquimbo |
| Azul Profundo Winery in Chile |
| Cucao Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Errazuriz Winery in Aconcagua |
| Loma Larga Vineyards Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Leyda Winery in The Central Valley |
| Odfjell Vineyards Winery in Valle Central |
| Terra Noble Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Casa Tamaya Winery in Coquimbo |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Central Valley |
| Casa Julia Winery in Chile |
| Vina Casas Del Bosque Winery in Aconcagua |
| Terra Noble Winery in Central Valley |
| Paso Del Sol Winery in Chile |
| Baron Philippe De Rothschild Winery in Valle Central |
| Hacienda Araucano Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Errazuriz Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Cono Sur Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Caliterra Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Valle Central |
| Vina Cremaschi Furlotti Winery in Chile |
| Yali Winery in Chile |
| Gran Tarapaca Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Viña Misiones de Rengo Winery in Central Valley |
| Bodegas San Pedro Winery in Chile |
| In Situ Winery in Aconcagua |
| Antiyal Winery in Central Valley |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Chile |
| Bodega Privada Winery in Cachapoal Valley |
| D. Bosler Winery in Chile |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Chile |
| Doña Javiera Winery in Central Valley |
| Porta Winery Winery in Chile |
| Terra Andina Winery in Valle Central |
| Viña Estampa Winery in Chile |
| Walnut Crest Winery in Chile |
| Santa Ema Winery in Aconcagua |
| William Cole Winery Winery in Chile |
| Carmen Winery in Chile |
| Viña Koyle Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Quady Winery Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Misiones de Rengo Winery in Valle Central |
| Montes Alpha Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viñedos Emiliana Winery in Valle Central |
| Vina Francisco de Aguirre Winery in Coquimbo |
| La Playa Winery in Aconcagua |
| Vina Indomita Winery in Aconcagua |
| Finca Flichman Winery in Chile |
| Noon Winery in |
| Vina Maquis Winery in Chile |
| Viña Santa Carolina Winery in Chile |
| Santa Ema Winery in Chile |
| Anakena Winery in Chile |
| Montes Cherub Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Koyle Winery in Chile |
| Valdivieso Winery in Valle Central |
| Viña Errazuriz Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Santa Carolina Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| San Martino Winery & Vineyards Winery in Aconcagua |
| Ninquén Winery in Chile |
| Baron Philippe De Rothschild Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Errazuriz Winery in Central Valley |
| Errazuriz Estate Winery in Central Valley |
| Encierra Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Estampa Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Terra Noble Winery in Aconcagua |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in The Central Valley |
| Viña Cono Sur Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viña Calina Winery in Valle Central |
| Terra Andina Winery in Chile |
| Vino De Eyzaguirre Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| El Paseo Winery in Central Valley |
| El Paseo Winery in Aconcagua |
| Vina Sutil Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Terra Andina Winery in Central Valley |
| Alamosa Wine Cellars Winery in Cachapoal Valley |
| Santa Rita Winery in Chile |
| Chono Winery in Coquimbo |
| Pacifico Sur Winery in Chile |
| Vina Carta Vieja Winery in Chile |
| Espiritu de Chile Winery in Central Valley |
| Concha Y Toro Winery in Central Valley |
| Casa Rivas Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Odfjell Vineyards Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Viñedos Terranoble Winery in Chile |
| De Martino Winery in Coquimbo |
| De Martino Winery in Central Valley |
| Bodega Privada Winery in Chile |
| Mont Gras Winery in Valle Central |
| Primus Vineyards Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Apaltagua Winery in Aconcagua |
| De Martino Winery in Cachapoal Valley |
| Bodegas y Viñedos O. Fournier Winery in Central Valley |
| De Martino Winery in Chile |
| Viña La Reserva de Caliboro Winery in Central Valley |
| Oops Wines - Schwartz Olcott Imports Winery in Valle Central |
| Viña La Playa Winery in Chile |
| Ninquén Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Laurel Glen Winery Winery in Central Valley |
| Terra Noble Winery in Chile |
| Montes Alpha Winery in Aconcagua |
| Santa Rita Winery in Central Valley |
| Laurel Glen Winery Winery in Valle Central |
| Walnut Crest Winery in Rapel, Chile |
| Walnut Crest Winery in Valle Central |
| Palo Alto Winery in Chile |
| Viña Echeverría Winery in Valle Central |
| Lazuli Winery in Chile |
| Von Siebenthal Winery in Aconcagua |
| Punta Nogal Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Aquitania Winery in The Central Valley |
| Von Siebenthal Winery in Chile |
| Comercial Antiyal Winery in Central Valley |
| Viña Casa Tamaya Winery in Chile |
| Domaine Felipe Winery in Chile |
| Vina Ravanal Winery in Colchagua Valley |
| Two Brothers Winery in Chile |
| Chilean Wines Co. Winery in Chile |
| Viña Falernia Winery in Chile |
| Viña Santa Rita Winery in Chile |
| The Winery Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| El Bombero Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Ridge Winery in Tarapacá, Chile |
| Gaja Winery in |
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| Hosteria Bella Vista Hostera Bella Vista, is located 5 km from the main street of Ushuaia and 4 km from the .. | 50.00 |
| Hotel Alcazar Hotel 2 stars, new,only rooms with private bathroom, central heating, tv. cable, Americ.. | 34.00 |
| Apart Hotel Libertador In the heart of Patagonia, one step away from the glaciers, there lies Apart Hotel Libe.. | 48.00 |
| Xelena Deluxe Suites Hotel Xelena Deluxe Suites Hotel is advantageously located by Lago Argentino in El Calafate, .. | 101.00 |
| Elan Calafate Hotel Elan Calafate invite you to discover La Patagonia Argentina. It have 50 illuminated roo.. | 67.00 |
| Edenia Punta Soberana The Edenia is located in Punta Soberana, 80 meters height on the level of the Argentine.. | 69.00 |
| Lupama .. | 52.00 |
| Meulen In one of the most beautiful landscapes of ours patagonia, to borders of the Argentine .. | .00 |
| La Barraca Suites About La Barraca SuitesLa Barraca Suites introduces an innovative form of comfort lodgi.. | 22.00 |
| Torres Blancas If you are looking for autonomy and independence along with a personal treatment, Torre.. | 65.00 |
| Elan Bariloche The same one is a Hotel that bets to the maximum comfort and an accomodations of exclus.. | 161.00 |
| Casa del Bosque We would like to invite you to visit Casa del Bosque, an exclusive place, surrounded by.. | 279.00 |
| ten rivers ten lakes lodge In a historic building that has been standing for over 60 years born as the dream of a .. | 140.00 |
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| Aconcagua Hotel The Aconagua Hotel has all the comforts of home and plenty more to provide you with the.. | 55.00 |
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