Chile Wine Tours
Explore the numerous vineyards of the central valleys, taste their wines directly from the barrel and rediscover the colorful carménère, a grape variety once thought to be extinct.
Learn more about the elaboration of each wine from the enologists themselves.
See the astonishingly beautiful Casablanca valley, where a wide array of grape varieties dapples the landscape in varying shades
Come and experience the intense flavors of Chile!
Concha y Toro Half Day Vineyard Tour
Santa Rita Half Day Vineyard Tour
Undurraga Half Day Vineyard Tour
Indomita Half Day Vineyard Tour
Chilean wine
The País strain arrived in Chile along with the Spanish missions in the 16th century. Spanish missionaries needed a wine to celebrate mass.
A wine that could be preserved throughout the year, without losing its qualities. And the Country strain was chosen to evangelize the New World.
It is a strain that has had a very important role in Chile.
For centuries it was the most cultivated and consumed, but at the end of the 19th century it began to lose prominence with the arrival of French varieties, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
It is mainly found in the dry land of the Maule Region. The dry land .. And they are over 100 years old.
Cornered by the “second colonization” of European vines, 15,000 hectares still survive between Maule and Biobío.
However, currently a group of producers come to the rescue of the strain that for a long time gave identity to Chile.
Among the vineyards that lead the rescue of the País strain, are the Viña Bouchon.
Its close-up appearance accounts for its character and history.
A rustic plant, which managed to grow and bear fruit as best it could. It does not need a sophisticated method to grow. Just feed the grooves.
“It is a noble strain” would say wine producer Julio Bouchon. «It grows anywhere, it affirms itself and if it is not watered it produces less, but it does not die.
It is very rustic and in front of a fine grape it gives double and requires less work »
That is why the elaboration of «Wild Country». A wine more than “wild”.
The Country grape had its golden age in Chile.
In the middle of the century and until the mid-eighties, it was mixed with ordinary wines to create what until now has been called Bordeaux.
A classic red, in a family bottle that was taken on Sundays at the time. When Chileans had an annual consumption of 50 liters against the 15 average they currently consume.
It has also been used a lot together with the Carignan strain. With personality: Carignan to produce slightly more elegant wines.
Chile Wine Tours