At the Colchagua Museum by 10am for lessons in history focusing on South America, we were very impressed with the expansive and well displayed collection. Among many other things this museum contained a gun from the 1500's made out of ivory, etched by Leonardo DiVinci and a mummy older than the mummies in Egypt. All that thinking made us quite thirsty so we headed to Mont Gras for our much anticipated make your own wine tour. Another highlight of the trip, we ta...

Most probably a combination of dehydration, altitude and wine, Andrea spent most of the night and following morning fighting a horrendous headache. Luckily, we had enough time to move our agenda back a bit to allow the morning for recovery. Without reservations we made a drive towards the town of Lolol on search of an olive oil mill. When once again our directions were turning out to be a little shaky, we weren't too bothered because the drive itself was worth i...

It was time to put our pallets to test and get down to wine tasting business. Wondering if we would be able to start drinking this early, we were greeted by Fernando at Lapostolle for our 10:30am appointment. Impressed by the entire operation, from the organic wines, views, symbolism, cellars and informative tour, we figured this would be one of our favorites. Fun fact: Chile has the oldest vines as they are one of only three countries that have not been affecte...