Santa Rita vineyard

We visited two vineyards, both established in the mid-19thC. This one produces 80M bottles a year; Cousino Marcul is within the city limits and it produces 4.5M bottles a year. There is no tax on Chilean wine so the prices are cheaper. AUD10 or less will buy a decent red or white. Their main grapes are chardonnay, sav blanc and cab sav.

Santiago

December 7th 2015
Geo: -33.4178, -70.6053Arrived uneventfully on a 4.5hr flight, landing about 1545. The local tourist agency has had an Oops and our planned trip tomorrow to the port city of Valpariso and to the nearby Casablanca Valley vineyards is not on. Tomorrow is a religious holiday and thousands will do a pilgrimage on foot (20 hours) to the Casablanca Valley. Also, the main road to Valpariso is now cl ... read more

South America » Chile

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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