Vinos de Patio

The winery

Vinos de Patio is a group of five family wineries from Guarilihue, the dry-farmed hill country of the municipality of Coelemu, in the Itata Valley. They have worked together since 2016, by the group's own account. Elier Ortiz, Herman Díaz, Luis Lagos, Pablo Solís and Ronald Vera inherited old vines and the craft of pipeño (the rustic young country wine of southern Chile) from their families, and began bottling under their own names in the patios of their houses, which is where the name comes from. The owl on the emblem recalls local tales of the birds that watched over the growers' cellars. In 2018 the group won Sernatur's Más Valor Turístico competition, and in October 2026 it celebrated its tenth anniversary with a fair in Concepción alongside more than fifteen wineries from the valley.

The group's website used to mention some three hectares spread across the producers' properties, planted with Cinsault, País, Moscatel de Alejandría and Torontel; some labels add Semillón. Each winery signs its own wines: Viña San Luis makes Quelhue, Nüyün and Rupa Nantü; Viña Hermanos Díaz, Gran Delito, Desenfreno and Rodal; Viña Prófugos, Prófugo and Bandolera; Viña Viejo Encino, Bagual, Doña Vita and the Viejo Encino range; and Viña El Guindo, Guindo. They are reds from Cinsault and País, whites from Moscatel and Torontel, and several late-harvest wines. Viña Viejo Encino's Bagual País 2024 won a gold medal at Catad'Or 2025.

The group does not publish a fixed visiting program: visits are arranged in advance. The last tasting announced on its Instagram was on Saturday, 23 May 2026 in the Guarilihue area, with five wines and a charcuterie board for CLP 20,000 per person, booked at +56 9 8522 2693. Enoturismo Chile asks for 24 hours' notice and lists tastings, a heritage tour and meals, and the old website offered home-cooked lunches and dinners on request; it is worth asking what is still on offer. Its account shows an exposed-brick room lined with wine shelves. The vinosdepatio.cl site and its online store are not working at present, so orders go by direct message on Instagram, with shipping throughout Chile: in June 2026 they offered a case of six wines for CLP 45,000. The member wineries also have their own channels; Viña Viejo Encino, for instance, was advertising tastings and tours in 2025 at its Miraflores property, about 10 km away.