Viña Quinta Rosa Boutique

The winery

Quinta Rosa is a family-run boutique winery at the northeastern edge of the town of Yumbel, at the end of Avenida Periférica Norte, where the last houses give way to the hills of Biobío's dry-farmed interior. By the family's own account, their ancestors grew the País grape from the early twentieth century on the Quinquihueno and Los Mártires estates in Rere, and from 1920 on the Quinta Rosa estate, the year the winery displays on its sign and logo. Today the third and fourth generations run it: the current project opened in 2019 and the owners welcome visitors in person. Arturo Escobar, the owner, has served as vice president of the Mesa Regional de Enoturismo del Biobío (the regional wine tourism board), and Magdalena Jara, who also takes bookings, has represented the winery at regional celebrations such as the Día Nacional del Vino in Concepción.

The vineyard is dry-farmed, without irrigation, and its star is País, the grape that arrived with the Spanish in colonial times. The family states that some of its vines are more than 300 years old; this is a figure the winery itself circulates, with no independent measurement published, nor is the planted area. The house makes a rosé, País wines and reds, and one of its labels bears the name Quinquihueno, the old family estate in Rere, with the designation D.O. Secano Interior Yumbel. The family describes its wines as made organically and naturally, though it reports no certifications.

The main visit is the Tour Patrimonial Escapadas Ancestrales: about two hours among the old vines and a tasting in a homely setting, Monday through Saturday between 10:00 and 19:00, for CLP 15,000 per person. Book at least three days ahead, for groups of 4 to 20 people and with a 50% deposit, by WhatsApp or phone at +56 9 8189 7789 (also +56 9 9485 7367) or by email at vinaquintarosayumbel@gmail.com. On request you can add breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea (once) or a food pairing, prepared with local small producers, since the winery has no restaurant or accommodation. On the property there is a tasting room with a bar set on barrels and wine for sale, a quincho (barbecue pavilion) with a fireplace, an outdoor swimming pool, restrooms and parking, and the winery offers free tours to special-education schools. Its work in tourism made it the Biobío regional winner at the Premios Enoturismo Chile three years running: Best Emerging Winery in 2023, Best Wine Tourism Experience in 2024 and Human-Scale Wine Tourism in 2025.