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In
Chile:
Phone: (56) 2 244 2750
Fax: (56) 2 244 2749
In
the U.S.:
802 904 6798
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| Chile
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Three
mesmerizing cities and two world-class wine regions: this trip
allows travelers to explore the best of South America’s
wine country, and immerse themselves in Chilean and Argentine
culture and its gastronomy, all in one unforgettable trip. We
recommend that visitors spend at least 5 days in Chile, 3 days
in Mendoza, Argentina, and 3 days in Buenos Aires.
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October 30, 2010
November 27, 2010
January 15, 2011
February 12, 2011
March 26, 2011
April 9, 2011
October
29, 2011
November 26, 2011
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Chile & Argentina Wine Tour - Itinerary |
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1: Arrival in Santiago / City Tour / Wine Tasting Dinner:
Your Santiago guide will meet you at the airport and accompany
you to the modern Las Condes sector of Santiago where you will
check in to your hotel. In the afternoon there will be a guided
city tour of the historical and cultural highlights
of South America’s most modern city. In the evening we will
enjoy a special welcome dinner with your Santiago Adventures guide
at the Astrid & Gaston Restaurant. This is
one of Santiago’s top restaurants and well known for their
extensive wine list. We’ll try some special wines with our
dinner and talk about our plans for the tour. |
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Day
2: Casablanca Valley and Valparaiso.
We depart at 9am for the Pacific coast. Along the way we’ll
make our first winery stop at Viñedos Organicos
Emiliana in the Casablanca Valley. The
cool coastal breezes make the Casablanca Valley an ideal spot
for white wine production and VOE is the perfect winery to sample
some of the region´s best! You will also have the chance
to learn about the ways in which this vineyard is paving the way
towards organic and biodynamic winemaking. Next you will visit
the Kingston Family Vineyards and learn how their
vineyard, which sources quality grapes to many of Chile’s
top wineries, has evolved into one of Chile’s hottest boutique
wineries offering award winning Pinot Noirs. After the tasting
we will continue to the coast to explore Valparaiso,
one of the first South American cities founded by the Spanish
and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. We’ll stop for lunch
at Caruso which has a relaxed café atmosphere
and captures the essence of Valparaiso’s rhythm. Their excellent
dishes combine styles from Chile, Peru and Easter Island and reflect
the homelands of the owners. Following our lunch we will take
a walk through the Concepcion and Alegre
neighborhoods and ride the century old hillside ascensors (elevators).
Along the way we will visit the Valparaiso home of Chile’s
most famous poet, Pablo Neruda. |
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3: Maipo and Cachapoal Valleys.
The Maipo Valley, the “cradle of Chilean
wine-making”, is the oldest and most famous of Chile’s
wine regions and is home to many of Chile’s most traditional
wineries. However, many new boutique wineries have sprung up over
the past ten years producing some exciting new wines in the region.
We will first visit Antiyal, a labor of love
for its founders, renowned organic wine-maker Alvaro Espinoza
and his wife Marina Ashton. We then head south to the Cachapoal
Valley where Altair is making a name for itself
and the valley. A partnership between Chile’s second largest
winery San Pedro and Chateau Dassault in Saint Emilion, France
they make two premium wines. Nestled in a remote corner of the
Cachapoal Valley, the winery provides fantastic views of the central
valley and a great lunch spot. Following our relaxed afternoon
at the winery our day will end in the Colchagua Valley.
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Day
4: Colchagua Valley. Two hours south of Santiago is one
of Chile’s largest wine regions and most developed from
a “tourism” perspective. The Colchagua Valley is known
for producing some of Chile’s best wine, particularly the
red varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere Syrah and Malbec.
Our visit today will be toward the western section of the valley
in the beautiful vineyards of Los Vascos, the Chilean property
of French Domains Barons de Rothschild (Lafite). We will tour
through the vineyards before a special tasting of their wines. |
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For
lunch today, we will enjoy a traditional Chilean BBQ with our
local host “Pancho” whose warm Chilean hospitality
makes for a very special afternoon – you will not want to
leave! In the afternoon, your guide will take you through the
Santa Cruz Museum, one of the best private collections of pre-Columbian
art in all of South America. |
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Day
5: Colchagua Valley.
The Colchagua Valley is emerging as the new
king of Chilean reds and today’s winery visits will no
doubt demonstrate the quality of new wines coming from Colchagua
particularly the Carmenere, Syrah and Malbec varieties. Our
day will start with a visit to Vina Clos Apalta,
created in 1994 by Alexandra Marnier-Lapostolle (of the Grand
Marnier family) and produces some of the best QPR (quality/price
ratio) wines in Chile. Since its outstanding debut 1997 vintage,
Casa Lapostolle's Clos Apalta bottling has helped to establish
Chile as a premier red-wine region. Owner Marnier-Lapostolle
and her team created a blend of Chile's distinctive Carmenère
variety, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the estate's
oldest vines in Colchagua's Apalta sub-valley, then kept refining:
fermenting in smaller lots, hand-de-stemming berries and constructing
a gravity-flow winery. In 2008, they were awarded a 96 in Wine
Spectator for their Clos Apalta wine as well as best wine in
the world. Next, we will visit Montes, one
of Chile’s most internationally-recognized wineries. Aurelio
Montes started the winery with three other Chileans in the late
1980s and their success as quality wine producers is now world
famous. We will have a light lunch at the Montes’ café
before our final visit of the day. At the end of the road in
Apalta, is the Neyen winery which focuses all
its production on one Bordeaux-style blend from their 115 year
old carmenere vines.
Tonight
we will visit La Posada vineyard tucked away in a far corner
of Santa Cruz. Here we will find Veta Bistro
that was recently opened by chef Roberto Neira, from the French
Laundry Restaurant of Napa Valley fame, as well as Manhattan’s
ultra-exclusive restaurant, Per Se. The outdoor patio is surrounded
by vineyards and makes for a great setting. We’ll enjoy
a sunset toast on our last night in Chile before sitting down
for some of Robert’s simple yet delicious dishes. This
is sure to be a gastronomic highlight of your visit to South
America.
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Day
6: Mendoza Argentina. We will depart from Santa Cruz
and drive to the Santiago International Airport in time for our
flight to Mendoza. Arriving in Mendoza, we will
check in to our hotel before taking a tour of the city. Tonight
we will have a special dinner at 1884 Francis Mallman,
an airy, elegant restaurant at the entrance of Bodega Escorihuela. |
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Day
7: Mendoza. We will depart from the hotel and drive to
the Lujan de Cuyo region one of the most traditional
and developed wine regions just south of Mendoza. It is home to
many of Argentina’s most famous wineries and where the best
Malbecs in Argentina are being produced. We will begin our day
at Bodega Landelia a Swiss owned winery specializing
in terroir expression. A tour of the winery concludes with a special
tasting. Next we will visit, Ruca Malen a new
vineyard which has seen significant development in just three
year’s time. Here we will taste their fabulous wines and
afterward their chef Lucas will serve us a delicious lunch of
Argentinean meat, cooked in a "disco de arado". We will
end our day visiting with one of Mendoza’s pioneering winemakers
Carmelo Patti. One of the most important wine
makers in Argentina, he will share with us his passion for winemaking
and prepare special barrel tastings. |
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Day
8: Mendoza. Today we will visit the high-altitude wine
growing area of Valle de Uco. This is the new
frontier in Argentine winemaking and contains some of the most
dramatic vineyard scenery in the region. The snow-capped Andes
loom overhead with 1,800 meter vineyards running into the foothills.
The architecture, technology and fine wines being created here
are all quite impressive. We will visit Bodega Salentein
a concept winery famous for producing Argentina’s
first high-altitude Pinot Noir. A tour of the winery concludes
with a tasting session. We lunch in Bodega Altus where
traditional home-cooked food is complemented by fine wines. The
day concludes with a special visit to Bodega Andeluna.
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Day
9 Buenos Aires: Departing from Mendoza on our morning
flight to Buenos Aires we will arrive mid-day.
Our local guide will meet us at the airport and accompany us to
our hotel in the Recoleta neighborhood. The afternoon is free
to explore the surroundings and relax. In the evening we will
attend a glamorous Tango show with dinner in
one of the most prestigious houses in Buenos Aires. Born in the
outskirts of Buenos Aires at the turn of the century, Tango quickly
grew to be the best known Argentine product worldwide. Our VIP
seating assures us a great view of this special program! |
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Day
10: Buenos Aires. Today we will begin with an exclusive
City Tour of Buenos Aires in which our guide
will use four parks and plazas to introduce us to the city, its
history, its contrasts and the characteristic “porteños”.
At the end of the tour we will visit the Colon Theatre,
one of the most spectacular in South America. The afternoon is
free to explore - perhaps some shopping in the downtown La Florida
sector or the new galleries in Palermo Viejo. |
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Day
11: Buenos Aires/Departure. Our last day in Buenos Aires
is free to explore parts of the city you would like to see more
of. In the evening we will depart from the hotel and drive to
the airport for flights to the US. |
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| Chile
& Argentina Wine Tour - Price |
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October 30, 2010
November 27, 2010
January 15, 2011
February 12, 2011
March 26, 2011
April 9, 2011
October
29, 2011
November 26, 2011
Price
Per Person:
Starting at $2,767 per person based on double occupancy in Four
Star accommodations.
Price
Includes:
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All
ground transportation in clean air conditioned and comfortable
vehicle
- Professional
bilingual guide
- Two
nights lodging in Santiago with breakfast
- Three
nights lodging in Santa Cruz with breakfast
- Three
nights lodging in Mendoza with breakfast
- Two
nights lodging in Buenos Aires with breakfast
- 15
winery visits with tastings
- 6
luncheons
- Wine
tasting dinner at Astrid y Gaston in Santiago
- Dinner
at Veta Bistro with former French Laundry chef Roberto Leira
- Dinner
at Mallman 1884 in Mendoza
- Tango
Show with VIP seating in Buenos Aires
- Santa
Cruz Museum Entrance
- Gratuities
for porters in airports and hotels
- Bottled
mineral waters on buses
Notes:
Flights from Santiago to Mendoza and Mendoza to Buenos Aires additional
Please
email us for
more information or a custom price quote |
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