Sommelier school in the 5th region

The Sommeliers association of Chile have decided to move its training school to the 5th region of Chile for the first time since its creation.

Sommelier courses have normally taken place in Santiago and now the association have given restaurant owners and catering staff the opportunity to become profesionals in wine.

The course is divided into three parts and takes place in the Hotel San Martín (Viña del Mar), with the first part starting in July and finnishing in September.

This is an interesting moment for the 5th region which does not have many acredited wine professionals in the region and should inspire more people to take the qualification.

For more information visit http://www.sommelierdechile.cl

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winetoursvalparaiso

Enjoy wine del Mar

On the 26th 27th and 28th of July 2008 Enjoy Viña del Mar Hotel and Casino will be holding their annual wine expo.

The winetoursvalparaiso team hope to see you there enjoying some of the great wine chile has to offer.

Tickets are priced at 5.000 Chilean Pesos per person.

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winetoursvalparaiso

Valposki 2008 skiing from Valparaiso

If you like to ski as well as taste wine you could always enjoy the Chilean slopes with Valposki.

Valposki runs oneday ski trips from Valparaiso to the El Colorado resort just east of Santiago.

The great thing about Valposki is that you get to stay by the sea and enjoy the mountains with out having to stay in Santiago.

for more information contact michael@valposki.cl

A great Harvest for 2008

The harvest(vendimia)2008 has come to an end with all the vineyards now in the fermenting process to produce the 2008 range of wines. Thanks to all the vineyards of Casablanca and San Antonio who acommodated so many wine tourists inside a very busy period.

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Winetoursvalparaiso

Wine tasting to the finnish

Finnish Couple Laura Peljamo and Petri Ojala joined winetoursvalparaiso on the 2nd to the 4th of March 2008, for a two and a half day winetour, visiting a total of nine vineyards in the Casablanca and San Antonio Valleys.

The vineyards visited were;

Indomita

Casas del Bosque

Casa Marin

Catrala

Viña Mar

William cole

Veramonte

House of Morande

Emiliana

They both had a wonderful time and felt comfortable staying at Hotel Manor Atkinson and loved trying the local Chilean cuisine like the "Pastel de Choclo" (corn pie), which they ate at the Macerado gourmet chilean restaurant in Casablanca.

Laura and Petri are currently on a round the world trip, which has already taken them to places such as Cuba and The Galapagus Islands. After their wine tour around the Casablanca valley they set off on the rest of their world tour from Santiago Airport, where they took a flight to NewZealand.

If you want to catch up with their world tour you can visit their blog, http://iki.fi/ojala

And for more information on winetours from Valparaiso to the Casablanca Valley contact michael@winetoursvalparaiso.cl

"La Vendimia" The Grape Harvest 2008 Casablanca Chile

The one of the things that you cannot miss if you are in Valparaíso this time of year, is the grape harvest in Casablanca also known to the locals as “ La Vendimia ”.

The harvest of the grapes for the wine industry is happening all over Chile from mid March to the end of April.

All the vineyards are open to tourism, which lets you view the the wine making process in action. Some vineyards have special harvest experience tours as well as normal standard tours, which still allows you to see the harvest while it is happening.

For more details on winetours during this pleasent period contact michael@winetoursvalparaiso.cl

Wine Festival 2008 Viña del Mar

From the 18th to the 20th of January there will be a wine festival held in the Viña del mar sports club.

There will be around 30 vineyards taking part in the event which is seen as being a great representation of what the chilean wine industry has to offer.

There will be over 12 wine tasting points with different varieties of wine to try.

Winetoursvalparaiso will be on hand to take any wine enthusiasts in need of transport to the festival over the two day period.