The Curicó Valley Wine Route is an association of 14 wineries located in the valleys around the city of Curicó. A great majority of the wineries are family businesses of long-standing tradition, known for their passion and dedication to creating quality wines.
To promote Curicó Valley wines and divulge the quality of its wine production, the wineries in our association decided to create the Curicó Valley Wine Route and present Curicó Valley as the pioneering and largest wine producing region in Chile.
The Curicó Valley Wine Route, located less than 200 km south of Santiago, Chile’s capital, is a group of wineries dedicated to the promotion of this valley’s traditions by offering guided tours and organizing special events.
Our associated wineries have diverse characteristics which makes each one different from the other: from the largest export wineries in Chile with integrated technology management to small, family-owned traditional boutique wineries with a passion for winemaking.
Curicó Valley Wine Route offers the possibility of customizing your wine experience. There are private tours, guided by the winery’s enologist who will explain the winemaking process, answer your questions and give you an insight into the world of wine. The winemaker will offer guided wine tastings, and some wineries also offer olive oil tastings. In addition, visitors have the opportunity to visit the tourist attractions found in the city of Curicó or less than an hour and a half’s distance from the city’s center. Some of these attractions are Los Queñes, National Park Radal Siete Tazas, historic monuments and city tour of Curicó, Lake Vichuquén, National Reserve Laguna Torca lagoon, seaside towns Iloca and Duao.
The Curicó Valley has approximately 17,140 hectares and excellent wine growing conditions. Our vineyards are located from the Andes Mountains foothills, across the different Curicó subvalleys up to the coastal mountains. The valleys’ diverse climate and soils are ideal for producing an extensive range of fine red and white grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère, Malbec, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Viognier y and Riesling, among others.
The wide range of grape varieties has won Curicó Valley wines innumerable awards, reviews and distinctions in renowned international wine competitions and specialized press.
The Curicó Valley wines are exported to many countries around world, including United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Japan, Mexico and Brazil.
The Valley of Curicó is undoubtedly is among Chile’s most traditional regions. It has shown great modernization while at the same time retaining its rich heritage. A clear example is the famous and popular Wine Harvest Festival, held every year in March.
The quality of its wines, with an origin appellation extending from vineyards at the feet of the Andes Mountains across to the Pacific Ocean; its local cuisine, history, traditions and culture all combine to make the Curicó Valley a unique place to visit and especially attractive for wine lovers.
Geographic diversity: our vineyards are located from the Andes Mountains foothills up to coastal mountains.
Grape variety diversity: the various locations of our vineyards means varying climates and soils and allows growing a wide range of red and white grape varieties.
Winery diversity: history, tradition and modernity can be found among the associated wineries
Diversity of tourist attractions: important and interesting places of interest to visit near the city of Curicó.
Everything in just one place, Curicó Valley Wine Route
AltaCima – Aresti - Bodegas y Viñedos Dussaillant - Correa Albano – Echeverría - Inés Escobar - Las Pitras - Mario Edwards - Miguel Torres – Millamán - San Pedro - Santa Hortensia – Valdivieso – Viñedos Puertas.
Tours of our wineries combine modern technology and traditional winemaking, some of the great wine industry producers, small boutique wineries, historic country houses and ancient parks.
