The main office of Tourism is right on my way to one of my English classes, so one day I stopped by to see what kind of "day" tours I could take. An interesting one looked like going to some of the local wineries in Santiago: Cousino Macul and Concha y Toro.
"The number of wineries in Chile has grown from 12 in 1995 to over 70 in 2005. Chile is now the fifth largest exporter of wines in the world, and the ninth largest producer. The climate has been described as midway between that of California and France."
A van picked me up at my condo and I joined a group of 4 persons: 2 men and a couple; all Brazilians who spoke enough English that we could communicate! Yay!
Our 1st stop was at the Cousino Macul winery. We were asked what languages we spoke and were then directed to a guide who spoke that language so I had a private guide and the 4 Brazilians went off with their Portuguese speaking guide!
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| Vats hold 32,000 liters of wine |
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| My private guide with a Reisling for tasting |
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| Processing in Stainless Steel tanks |
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| Vineyards at Concha y Toro |
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| Wine cellar |
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| Lunch with the Brazilian couple in between wineries. Big bottle I'm holding is plastic(just for the photo!) I ordered a salmon Caesar Salad for lunch and it came with oil and vinegar dressing...?! |
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| Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in the vineyard |
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“Casillero del Diablo” (Devil’s Cellar).It means The Devil's Wine Storage...
At Concha y Toro, the best wine bottles were kept in a locked cellar... When some of those bottles got stolen, probably by local workers, Don Melchor (the owner) spread a rumor that his cellar was kept by the Devil. This legends went on for years, so when that wonderful secret wine was actually discovered, they named it "Casillero del Diablo".
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