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Quebranta – The Only True Peruvian Grape Peru has been producing wine for centuries and, although you may only associate the country with Machu Picchu (pictured above) and Paddington Bear, the conquistadors did in fact bring grapevines with them from the Canary Islands in the 16th Century. The Tacama winery -
Winemaking in the Driest Place on Earth. Vino del Desierto is a very interesting project, in a very extreme environment. The Atacama Desert receives just a few millimetres of rain per year, and many areas of this huge sandy desert located in both Chile and Peru have not seen rainfall -
Pais is not a grape we knew anything about before we moved to Chile. The Spanish conquistadors brought it here from the Canary Islands meaning it has been growing in Chile for hundreds of years so why hadn’t we tried this wine before we got here? It is only in -
Wine Tour Shore Excursions from your Cruise Your cruise ship will have a variety of excursions on offer for each port of call. They may even have some wine tour shore excursions. Most likely these will be in large buses with a selection of your fellow passengers, and on set -
MOVI – A Different Winemaking Angle in Chile Any readers of our blog will notice we are only posting on Chile recently. Not only is there plenty to say about the vast amounts of wine and wineries in Chile but the fact is we are still “stuck” in Chile due
