Day 2 - Chile - Colchagua Valley

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April 30th 2006

Published: May 11th 2006

Today was a slow start. We needed some rest after yesterday and were a bit slow off the mark. That was, of course, exacerbated by our inability to blog quickly. Breakfast in Casa Silva is served in a small room overlooking the courtyard. We shared breakfast with a family of six from France. Bryan didn’t like the Chilean egg dish but the steaming hot coffee and cheese and meats, with perso... Read Full Entry

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Jo-Anne and Bryan

Decada

Welcome to our Travel Blog! We are on our way to Chile and Argentina for our 10th wedding anniversary. We will spend 10 days exploring the best wineries and enjoying local culinary delights -- sipping and chewing our way from Santiago to Buenos Aires with a stop in Mendoza at the foot of the Andes. We intend to update our Travel Blog daily with photos and describe our day. The tough part may be keeping the keyboard dry and wine-free!... full info

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Tanks

In this area, Jo-Anne is surrounded by approximately 500,000 liters of white wine.

Barrels

The production at Mont Gras becomes quantifiable where the barrels are stored ...

3,500 Barrels to be Exact

Doing a quick calculation, Bryan estimated the front area to contain 2,500 barrels. Our tour guide, Marjorie, stated we were looking at 3,500 barrels!

Jo-Anne BlackBerry

Jo-Anne always keeps in touch with her BlackBerry. She doesn't, however, always have a pisco while checking messages.

Dinner at Casa Silva

Steak and Avacado

Bryan also learned how to say 'rare' in Spanish.

Beautiful Room at Casa Silva

High Ceilings at Casa Silva

Jo-Anne Blogging

1st May 2006

George White
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Happy 10 th Aniversary
I can see that you are having a great time. It takes a lot of dedication to both drink the wine and maintain the blog. I do suppose that as the day goes on the blog will tend to deteriorate. I will be watching for signs of this! As an aside, our company, Sherritt International, is doing most of the engineering for our latest project ($500 m US nickel refinery) in Santiago Chile. I will go there soon. George

1st May 2006

Dode and John
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Anniversary Trip
It is great to receive your blog and all that is going on. Some of the wines sound great, particularly the heavy (Dode) reds! You appear to be enjoying a wonderful, well needed holiday. The pictures are extremely interesting especially the narratives at the bottom. Bry, John says you were lucky not to be put in the "clink" for an hour or two! Love Dode and BBJ

15th May 2006

Elvi Braun
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more fun!
Wonderful views - exquisite wines, and the meals... tasty! Can't get any better!

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