Concha y Torro

After sleeping in (reminder: a major late-nighter the night before), we got a call from Lisa saying that we would be heading to a nearby vineyard which was also in my desired to-see list for Chile. It turned out that the one that we went to called Concha y Torro is one of the oldest and most famous vineyards in Chile. This brand of wine is also known around the world. They have several vinyeards around Chile where different types of grapes are grown to make different types of wines.

Entrance to the vineyard

This particular location (in the cordillera near Santiago) is famous for its red wines, especially the Casillero del Diablo line. The legend has it that Don Concha y Torro, a Spaniard who started this vineyard, quickly became successful with his wine so the bottles began to disappear from his cellars. Suspecting his workers, he invented a rumor that one of his underground cellars was haunted by the devil...since then, not a single bottle disappeared.

Me in the Casillero del Diablo

Anyway, after snacking on some delicious empanadas, we began our tour of the vineyard. We walked around the gorgeous gardens lush with trees and bushes. We also went to the actual vine plantation, but since it is early spring, the trees were bare. We then proceeded to the cellars, including the one formerly inhabited by the devil, which was re-enacted for us. What I really enjoyed is learning about how wine is produced, processed, and stored, and is supposed to be drunk: almost right away we were handed a glass for the wine tastings, so beginning with white wine, we tasted several kinds of red wine, all of which made Sarita and I a bit giggly and wobbly:), but we utterly enjoyed ourselves and the tour.

Touring the vineyard and tasting the wine



Vine trees


Wine cellar