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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
& Argentina Wine Tour |
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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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November 1, 2008
November 29, 2008
January 17, 2009
February 14, 2009
March 27, 2009
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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 the Hotel Ritz Carlton. 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. Afterwards we will
head next door to the Morandé winery.
Just follow your nose! Morandé will prepare a special tasting
using their ´smell boxes´ which help the conosuier
recognize common aromas and flavors prominent in the wine. 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 at the Hotel Santa Cruz
Plaza 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.
Vina Bisquertt is one of the oldest wineries
in the valley and one of the first “boutique” wineries
in Chile. After a visit to the cellars and a stroll through their
antique carriage museum we will enjoy some of their fine wines. |
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Our
lunch will be in the Colchagua countryside at the Los
Maitenes Dairy Farm, a locally-run family business. We
will tour the premises, learn how the family makes their savory
cheese & sweet manjar (Chile’s most popular treat),
and finally sit down to a gourmet lunch prepared by the farm’s
owners Sergio and Patricia, using the best ingredients Los Maitenes
can offer. Afterwards there will be plenty of time to relax and
roam the grounds with the family’s clan of alpacas, ducks,
chickens, horses, and cattle
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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. Our
first stop will be to one of Chile’s most famous wineries,
Montes. Aurelio Montes started the Montes winery
with three other Chileans in the late 1980s and their success
as quality wine producers is now world famous. Next we will visit
the boutique winery Neyen which produces Bordeaux
style blends from their 115 year old vines. We will next visit
The ultra modern winery is well worth a tour and a special tasting
in the vineyards. Our day will end in the beautiful patio gardens
of Viu Manent winery where we will enjoy a relaxed
lunch. |
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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 the Hyatt 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. Tonight we will check in
to the Robles de Besares wine lodge where we
will stay for the next two nights. |
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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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November 1, 2008
November 29, 2008
January 17, 2009
February 14, 2009
March 27, 2009
Price
Per Person:
Approximately $3,500 per person based on double occupancy
Please note that this price does not include the cost of flights
from Santiago to Mendoza and Mendoza to Buenos Aires.
Please
email us for
more information and a custom price quote
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