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Best vineyard restaurant, for Equilibrio restaurant, in 2017, according to the Chilean Wine Lovers Club. [2] International: Among the 100 best wineries of the year, in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014, according to Wine & Spirits magazine. [4] [5] [6]
Kingston Family Vineyards is a Chilean winery located in the Casablanca Valley of Chile. Considered pioneers for growing red wine grapes in a valley known for whites, they have been called "one of the area’s most promising producers". [1] The vineyard was founded in the early 1990s by the Kingston Family.
Chile's southern wine regions have more rainfall, lower average temperatures and fewer hours of sunlight than the northern wine regions. [ 5 ] The Itata Valley is located in the Ñuble Region , 420 kilometres (260 miles) from Santiago , the capital of Chile , and 65 kilometres (40 miles) of the major port of Concepción .
Chilean wine, one of the best known exports of the country around the world, has become a potential enotourist attraction, increasing to the revenue generated by tourism in Chile. Out of a total of 339 active wine cellars in the country, only 78 of them had touristic activity on a regular basis in 2013, which represents 23%.
Panoramic view of Viña Santa Cruz in Colchagua Valley in the Chilean Central Valley. In terms of viticulture the Central Valley of Chile (Spanish: Valle Central) spans the O'Higgins Region (VI) and Maule Region (VII) Administrative Regions and the Administrative Metropolitan Region, and is the main growing zone for Chilean wine and coincides with the historical core of the Chilean Central Valley.
The winery was founded in 1851 by Don Silvestre Ochagavía Errázuriz, an industrialist of the mining and agriculture. [1] He visited to Europe and studied the latest winemaking. After his study, he went back to Chile, bringing the new style to Chilean wine by the grapes from Bordeaux , France .
Miguel Torres wine. Miguel Torres Chile is a Chilean winery that was founded in Curicó, in 1979, by the Spanish family company Miguel Torres.In its 230 hectares (570 acres), the Viña Santa Digna vineyard cultivates the varieties Sauvignon blanc, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay (for their white wines) and Cabernet sauvignon (for their red and rosé wines).
During the Fiestas Patrias the preferred drink is chicha, a lightly alcoholic beverage typically made from grapes, although apple chicha is popular in southern Chile. Red wine enjoys popularity during the holiday, while pisco, the so-called "national liquor", becomes secondary. [6] Alfajores are a typical dessert.