Turismo Alto OrienteCuadro de texto:    CHILEAN VINEYARDS 


 Chile has conquered at present a place more that important as exporting country of wine in the world and it is the first time in his(her,your) history that this product has a paper(role) emphasized in the national culture, in the social life and in the economy. The certain thing is that the wine is the star of the moment and what better that to enter the educated millenium to the god Baco, visiting the " Circuits of the Wine of the Central Zone of Chile ".  

Valle del Maipo
 
 It is the most ancient wine zone of the country and for it his(her,your) big parks and employer(management) houses are a picture difficult to erase(smear) of the retina. The visits can be in the morning or in the evening and the duration of the tour depends on how many vineyards want to be known, the alternatives are Undurraga, Santa Rita, Cousiño Macul, and Shell and Bull.


Concha y Toro

The visit don Melchor begins in the square(seat), where the tourists will be got by a guide, who will invite him to enjoy a panoramic sight of Pirque's vineyard accompanied a glass of wine, in order that you soak in aromas and flavors that arise stepwise in this centenary warehouse. With the glass in his(her,your) hand the visitor takes part of a trek for the former park, moving back in the time on having estimated the Casona de Pirque, residence of the family Shell and Bull. In this place it(he,she) is born does more than 100 years it more Big wine 
company of our country.In Pirque's vineyards you will be able to know the development of the grapevines, cultural and technological managing that are responsible for a performance(yield) of the first quality. To know the former facilities and to be a witness of the legend, Vineyard Shell and Bull offers him(her) Cabernet Sauvignon's glass  

Duration three hours  $US55 c/u mínimum two pax.


Santa Rita

In High place Jahuel (Buin) one finds one of the guard's(keeper's) more ancient warehouses of Chile. There, in an underground Cabernet Sauvignon ages the best wines of the Vineyard as the Casa Real and Royal(Real) Medal. The above mentioned warehouse, declared National Monument, was constructed by French architects and his(her,your) material is of lime and singing. Santa Rita offers crossed by his(her,your) warehouses from Tuesday until Friday (The degustation is not included in the tour).  






Other vineyars


Viña Cousiño Macul


The point of meeting is the shop where it will be got by a bilingual guide who will tell him(her) the history of the family Cousiño and the vineyard. In the museum it(he,she) will see the machines and the equipment(team) that many years were used behind to do wine, and then it(he) will be taken to the areas of vinificación where they will show him(her) how the wines take place(are produced). Finally he(she) will visit one of the most ancient(former) and important basements of Chile, made in 1872 to six meters under land for French architects. Here one guards the collection deprived of wines of the family, with bottles of until 1927.
The visit ends in the same shop of the wine, where it is possible to taste our wines and acquire so much wines as(like) souvenir. The tour lasts about 45 minute, and it is necessary to do a reservation(reserve) 





Viña Undurraga

As well as Chile is recognized throughout the world by the quality of his(her,your) wines, the tradition of working the clay is a part(report) of our history. It(he,she) is common enough still nowadays some plates be cooked in these sources(fountains) of mud and it allows that the flavor should be different and a pleasure from the palate. So that we have the perfect combination it(he,she) came and crafts, visiting 
Vineyard Undurraga, which from 1885 has produced selected wines and 100 years of Familiar(Family) tradition they support his(her,your) vine-stocks. Once crossed his(her,your) parks and tasted his(her,your) traditional wines we go to Pomaire, small village alfarera place of a lot of variety of things and to very suitable prices.





Viña Tarapacá (ex Zavala)

During the 19th century, in 1874, the Vineyard was born Tarapacá Ex-Zavala, known in this then for " VINEYARD GIVES RED ", in reason of his(her,your) founder don Francisco of Red and Salamanca, out-standing businessman of the epoch. With cepajes thin imported from France Petit Verdot established the vineyard in the pie of mounts of the Mountain chain of The Andes, planting such varieties as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, in red wine and Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillón in white(target)
Later on the Vineyard having been acquired by Mr Antonio Zavala, it(he,she) is it happened to be named a " Vineyard Zavala ". On having separated of his(her,your) lady she(it) would receive the vineyard as compensation to the process of separation. The attorney who advised Ms during this period was Don Arturo Alessandri, acquaintance as the "León de Tarapacá". In recognition of his(her,your) labor the Vineyard was named " Vineyard Tarapacá ex-Zavala ".  





Valle de Rapel (Colchagua)


Located in the heart of the zone of the "peasant", typical rider of the Chilean field. This valley is characterized by his(her,your) rural culture, which joins the amiability of his(her,your) people with his(her,your) type of soil and climate. Colchagua that in indigenous language means Valley of small lagoons gives us the possibility of visiting three vineyards, of enjoying a delicious luncheon and then the privilege of seeing our origins as human beings not only of South America, but also, as Chileans in Colchagua's Museum. 

Some of the most famous vineyards of Colchagua's valley are, Viu Manent, Vineyard Santa Cruz and vineyard Mount  

VIÑA VIU MANENT

It(She) was founded in the middle of the 19th century; nevertheless, his(her,your) recent history divides in 1966 when the Estate San Carlos is acquired by Michael Viu Manent and from his(her,your) beginning it(he,she) commercializes his(her,your) own(proper) wines packed under the brand(mark) " Wines Viu ". In 1990 it(he,she) changes radically his(her,your) trade policy and decides to export his(her,your) broths 
Viu Manent offers a bilingual tour for his(her,your) vineyards and warehouses of " San Carlos of Cunaco " in Colchagua's Valley The tour begins in the center of attention of visits " The LLaveria ", where the visitors are got by a bilingual guide, who will send them to give a walk in a romantic and former car thrown(shot) by horses. A panoramic sight of the vineyards was accompanying them and they will be able to know the development of the lives and the labors that develop in agreement to the station. The following stage is " The warehouse ", where it(he,she) corners in hand, they will be able 
 To taste wines directly of the reservoirs while the visitor is internalized of the processes of production of thin wines. The tour continues with the tour to " The Llaveria ", construction of beginning of century, public inspector shows of the architecture of the Chilean household tasks of the epoch. Today it(he,she) supports his(her,your) original structure and has been renovated to offer an agreeable demurrage(stay) to the visitor between(among) gardens, the " Wine-cellar(Champaign) Don Michael " and a sample of machines of vintage that have been used during the history of the vineyard.
The visit culminates in the shop of wines, where besides a degustation of wines Viu Manent Reserves, they will be able to acquire wines and accessories.






VIÑA SANTA CRUZ   COLCHAGUA

In 2003, the group of investments Cardoen decided to invest(invert) in the wine item, giving origin to the Vineyard Santa Cruz. The vineyards are located on 220 hectares of soft hills, in the property in the country the Peartree, in Lolol, offering the wine only(unique) landscape.
Nowadays there are 80 hectares with grape vitis vinífera that begin to stand firm in 1977 exclusively with stained(red) vine-stocks (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmeniere, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Syrah) And they are harvested in manual form.

Attractions  


Culture Aymara - Culture Mapuche - Culture Cuts Nui. In the top of the hill and coming in teleférico there is located the indigenous Village that possesses constructions of three different cultures in a circuit that allows to the visitor to approach in a circuit that allows to the visitor to approach his(her,your) rites, customs and traditions.

The teleférico brought from Switzerland, account(bill) with tour of five minutes from the warehouse of the vineyard up to the house boat Cuts Nui, The Ruca Mapuche and the Puerta del Sol. They are six cabins with capacity for four persons.






Astronomic Center 
The astronomic center of Vineyard Santa Cruz was implemented by the highest 
technology across six telescopes and It(He,She) allows to look otherwise the nights in Lolol's valley. The project headed by Captures Moore, the director of the observatory possesses(relies on) a room of exhibition in which, across a dynamic and entertaining chat, there are deepened some of the basic concepts of the Cosmos, for then together with guides specialists to give step to observe, to discover and to know the sky and the stars, accompanied of musical notes that transport it.  



 Gastronomic Center 
The typical recipes of the Chilean gastronomy are in the restaurant Lolol's Viewing-point, in the Vineyard Santa Cruz, in order to spread the practices of the best kitchen(cuisine) and to announce the tourist the culinary secrets of long ago. Surrounded pure air and nature, it(he,she) allows to interact in an environment of fellowship and to take to him(you,them) recollections formed of smells and flavors of the rural world.

 It is an ideal space to organize meetings that combine the gastronomy, the world the wine and entretención. The enclosure possesses(relies on) a completely equipped kitchen(cuisine) where different chef effect(carry out) exhibitions and classes.

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