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for nearly 500 years, which is not surprising
considering that the earliest Europeans to set down
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roots were Spaniards who depended on wine for ACO N C AG UA VA L L E Y Salamanca

religious and dietary purposes. Chile had no native Los Vilos

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grape vines of any kind, and the first Vitis vinifera
varieties planted were brought from Spain. Some, Petorca
such as País (known as Mission in California and M A I P O VA L L E Y Cabildo

Criolla in Argentina), are still grown today and mostly LA LIGUA

Papudo
Zapallar
used in wines for local consumption. Putaendo

Despite its early roots in the Spanish tradition, Quintero

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Chilean winemaking took a radical turn in the mid- Concón
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19th century when cross-Atlantic travel became more VALPARAÍSO
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feasible and French grape varieties and enological C A S A B L A N C A VA L L E Y Alemana Colina

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practices were imported to Chile, along with European Algarrobo Casablanca

winemakers who found themselves out of work in El Tabo

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the devastating aftermath of the phylloxera outbreak SAN ANTONIO
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in Europe—also the result of an intercontinental Buin
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exchange between the Old and New Worlds. San Pedro San Francisco
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Very long and exceedingly narrow, Chile seems to Villa Alhué
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take the word ‘extreme’ to heart. Its borders contain C AC H A P OA L VA L L E Y La Estrella
Doñihue

the Atacama, the world’s driest desert in the north, Las Cabras
Pichidegua Peumo
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the Patagonian ice fields to the south, and everything Peralillo San Vicente
de Taguatagua
in the middle wedged between the towering Andes CO L C H AG UA VA L L E Y
Pumanque Santa
Cruz
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Placilla
Chimbarongo
Mountains and the Pacific coast bathed by the cooling
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effects of the Humboldt Current. This vastly diverse Vichuquén
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terrain filled with lakes and rivers, volcanoes and Licantén

geysers, forests, wetlands, and more provides an C U R I CÓ VA L L E Y Curepto Molina

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infinite number of conditions for growing grapes—a Constitución San Rafael
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splendid diversity in which the perfect conditions Maule
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for any variety can be found, a project that Chile’s San Javier

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winemakers have embraced in recent decades to ensure Chanco
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the finest grapes for making extraordinary wines. LINARES
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knowledgeable hands guide this ample array of Parral

landscapes and grape varieties into a rich diversity of San

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tastes and wine lovers around the world. Coihueco

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Chile’s viticultural territory officially extends from Chilean wine
the Copiapó Valley in the north to the Bío Bío Valley industry’s National
in the south and covers a longitude of approximately Sustainability Code
930 mi, although experimental projects are currently EQUATOR established
taking place farther north and south of these formally
defined regions. The entire region has a temperate PACIFIC OCEAN
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Wines of Chile
Mediterranean climate with broad variations in
formed to promote
temperature and rainfall from north to south and from
Chilean wines abroad
east to west, which is beneficial for Chilean viticulture
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climate is very much influenced by the country’s unique Chilean
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variety identified in
rivers that run from the Andes to the Pacific. As a result
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of the combination of all of these factors, Chile probably C U RR E
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has more climatic diversity than any other country in 1998 Accord
1990s

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the world, and temperatures can vary more than 36ºF

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in a single day both in the Andean foothills and in the Diego Ramírez boom triggers sharp
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as many studies have shown that the best quality
wines come from viticultural zones that present broad Casablanca Valley
identified as ideal
shifts between daytime and night time temperatures
source for white
during the period leading up to the harvest and that
wine production
have night time temperatures that drop below 50ºF. A
significant temperature differential allows the vineyard
Unusually long and narrow, Chile stretches 4,300 km (2,700 miles) in 1980s
to synthesize a larger amount of aromatic and phenolic First stainless steel
length and averages a mere 177 km (110 miles) in width. Its Mediterranean
compounds (particularly anthocyanins) and transfer tanks imported to
climate with warm, dry summers creates ideal conditions for grape
them to the berries. Cool nights prior to harvest also Chile, modernization
growing and fine wine production.
ensure the conservation of natural acidity in the grapes, period begins
which in turn lends freshness to the wines they produce.
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