Wines of Argentina and Chile - To Vina del Mare, 2013 Wednesday March 20 March 20th 2013 At 5:45 p.m. we are on the bus, rushing along a major highway, having spent a long afternoon at an alpaca farm.
At Quintessence we learned to identify alpacas by their topknot that looks like a bad hairpiece. A few llamas were there also – almost twice the height and stiff necked. Over twenty years the ... read more
South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
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