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Chile & Argentina Wine Tour
   

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.

   

Departure Dates
November 1, 2008
November 29, 2008
January 17, 2009
February 14, 2009
March 27, 2009

     
Cowboys in Los Vascos WInery

Chile & Argentina Wine Tour - Itinerary

Day 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.
Cerro Santa Lucia
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.
Day 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.
Montes Winery
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.

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.
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.
Finca Mendoza
Syrah Wine
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.
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.
Tango Show in Buenose Aires
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!
 
La Boca, Buenos Aires
             
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.
             
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.
Chile & Argentina Wine Tour - Price

Departure Dates
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