Food & Wine

Food & wine You can organize or subdivide this tour in two different parts: the food and the wine 

Part 1 : The food. 

Traditional Indian recepies, Spanish, German and British influence: Chilean cuisine is the reflection of the history of the country. The reason for this tour is that the flavours of a region will survive forever in our memory as well as its arts. Pastel de choclo, humitas, cazuela, porotos granatos, empanadas de queso or de mariscos, and eventually a wonderful dessert with manjar : these are the magic words which will become familiar at the end of our tour, and this is what we want to experience in the best restaurants. 

Considering the extension of its territory, Chile has a wide variety of food: seafood, meat, vegetables and tropical fruit. The pastries are just unforgettable in Chile. With this tour we will learn how to prepare a pastel de choclo or a dulce de leche, we will find the best ice cream shop in town. But more than the recipies, what will impress you is the quality and the flavour of each food : just excellent. 

We will find fresh and convenient meals, where service, food and service are just exquisite. But before lunch or dinner we will go through the vast central market whose structure was built entirely in England in 1868 and sent over to Chile. This is unique as an experience today in all of South America. 

Part 2: The wine. 

Wine is the pride of Chile. Visiting a vineyard in Chile is simply unforgettable: you just have to take this tour and see the gorgeous hills and haciendas where the best wines in world are produced today to understand why it is so famous. 

Families of grapes which disappeared in Europe have survived in Chile! Think of Camenere, one of the most celebrated wines of ancient France: its grapes disappeared in Europe in the 18th Cent. because of a parasite, and where long believed lost forever, when they unexpectedly reappeared as surviving in this country, almost as a miracle few years ago. 

The history of wine in Chile started in 1551 and ever since the region proved to be one of the best areas in the world for the geographical conditions: free from all sorts of parasites, with the ideal climate, Chilean vineyards give us the quality of wines in the world. With this tour we will reach directly the best producers in the surroundings of Santiago, where the natural side is unforgettable, but we will not neglect to introduce you to a cultural organization directed by an enologist promoting wine and the role of wine in the history and culture of Chile. We will taste and understand why these wines are worth to be the world famous.