Viña Santa Ángela

The winery

Viña Santa Ángela is in Lloicura, a rural sector of the municipality of Tomé, in the coastal dry-farmed country of the Biobío, among gentle slopes and native forest. The Cartografía Vitivinícola del Biobío (the region's wine map) credits it with close to a hundred years of history: the vineyards were bought by Francisca del Rosario Ulloa, passed to her son Cesáreo Chandía Ulloa and are now worked by the third generation, led by Claudio Chandía and his family. For decades its wine was sold in bulk and on the local market; bottling at source is more recent, and the Loma Costera line appears with the 2020 vintage. With support from INDAP the family renovated part of the winery with stainless steel tanks, and it has kept the project going through forest fires and the pandemic.

The vines are head-trained, with no trellis, worked by hand and with little intervention. The grape most associated with the winery is Moscatel de Alejandría, singled out in the Guía Vinau 2020 according to the Cartografía, alongside Cinsault. Under the Loma Costera brand there have been a Moscatel, a sweet Moscatel, an Ensamblaje (blend) and a sweet chicha (lightly fermented grape must) in a one-liter bottle, and the winery also presents sparkling wines and liqueurs. At the 2026 harvest it showed a País fermented in raulí wood. Its labels carry the D.O. Valle del Biobío (designation of origin), and on some bottles the capsule bears the name Itata Sur, the association of producers from Tomé and Florida with which it has gone to fairs.

Visits are small-scale and always arranged beforehand, on specific dates: a walk around the property to see the work in the vineyard and, depending on availability, a hike through the native forest. No prices, hours or places are published, so ask by phone at +56 9 6837 1673, by email at apilloicura@yahoo.es or on Instagram. The winery holds a current registration in Sernatur's Registro Nacional de Servicios Turísticos (the national register of tourism services), in May 2025 it hosted a harvest and crushing day with the Municipality of Tomé, and in June 2026 it was thanking visitors to its winery on Instagram. No online shop or points of sale are published either: to get hold of its wines, the most direct route is to contact the winery or look for it at the local fairs it attends, such as the Día del Vino and the wine fairs of Concepción. No restaurant or accommodation is listed.