Time for some Chilean wine....

The other weekend we went on our first wine tour in Chile. Chile is apparently quite famous for wine (something I did not really know until I got here) and they have some incredible vineyards right outside of Santiago. My friend Elisabeth had a friend in town and they rented a car and took a day for tours and were generous enough to ask a few of us to come along.

The first place we went to was Undirraga Vineyard. It was gorgeous! A very old vineyard that was HUGE and backed right up to the Andes. The grounds were amazing as was the wine.

Jess, Allison, Elizabeth and I

After the tasting we just had to take cheesey pictures in thier old carriages.

Our next stop was to Cavas de Maipu and it was by far my favorite. It was this tiny little vineyard that produced about 6 types of wine, but it was run by the nicest old man who just loved wine. He also gave the tour in spanish..... and we understand almost all of it! It was an exciting moment.

This vineyard was in the Andes and just tiny and cute. He literally put on the labels by placing the bottle in a wooden holding thing and putting the sticker on himself. It was just great!

All of us tasting some amazing wine with cheese and nuts that his wife roasted.

All of his awesome wines.

Our final vineyard was Concha y Tora. We actually did not do a tour of this one... because we took too long at the others.... but it was for the best because this one is the closest to Santiago and is one of the most touristy ones because it is the easiest to get to. None the less, it was still gorgeous and so nice to get out of the big city.

All in all in was a really wonderful day! Lots of wine, spanish and fun with friends. Also, I was sadly very excited that we got to ride in a car! It's amazing the things that you end up missing, but since we really only get around by the metro or the bus it was very exciting to be in a car! Weird... I know.