Friday, September 26, 2008

Wine tour

To cap off our last day in Santiago we took the subway 30 minutes out of town and hopped a cab to the largest vineyard in Latin America, Concha y Toro.

Our tour included views of the huge estate and rolling hills of grapes. The vines are just starting to bud because it's early spring down here.

The best part of the tour was the visit to the vast underground cellars. The founder of the vineyard had problems with people stealing his wine, so he started a rumor that the Devil lives there. Worked like a charm, and the Casillero del Diablo label was born. Casillero del Diablo is now exported to over 110 countries around the world...including (we hope) los Estados Unidos! El vino esta muy bien!

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