Our guide, Esteban, drove us about an hour east of Santiago to the Casablanca Valley. For the entire day we were blessed with beautiful weather, Carolina blue skies, low humidity, light breeze from the Pacific. Jan loved it! The ride there made it clear how severe drought is in Chile, one heavy rainstorm in the last 5 months.
The Emiliana Vineyards is the world’s largest producer of organic wines, 13 million bottles/year. Our guide, who grew up in Connecticut, explained the techniques used to control pests and fertilize the vines, using all natural methods—chickens, alpacas, bees, special plants, etc.
The second winery we visited, Casas del Bosque, produces wine on a smaller scale, about a million bottles/year. We enjoyed a delicious wine pairing lunch on the patio and then a tour of the winery.
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