Viña Santa Catalina

The winery

Viña Santa Catalina was born in Santiago in 1922, when Lorenzo Reus Martí, from a winegrowing family in Mallorca, stayed on in Chile after his brothers returned to the island and set up a winery on Avenida Vicuña Mackenna. In the years that followed he bought a property in San Bernardo and the El Algarrobal estate, in Chicureo, to produce his own wines. After his death in 1964 the company passed to his children and, since the split of the 1980s, to the branch of his daughter Carmen. Today it is run by the Urzúa Urquiaga family, the fourth generation according to the history the winery publishes. Over time it added a winery in Curicó and vineyards in Alto Jahuel, where, on the eve of its centenary, it opened to tourism and built an events center.

The winery makes wines from the Maipo and Maule valleys, with its own vineyards in Alto Jahuel and in Curicó, where Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Merlot, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc predominate; harvest is by hand and its two wineries hold some 7 million liters between them. The head winemaker is Santiago Urzúa. Its top wine is Icono 1922, a Cabernet Sauvignon from vines more than 50 years old in Alto Jahuel, on the third alluvial terrace of the Maipo River. It is joined by Don Lorenzo, a tribute to the founder, Casa Reus, Catalina Black and the Catalina Red Blend, plus the simpler Santa Catalina and El Arpa Reserva de Familia lines, a late-harvest Syrah and the Catalina sparkling wines, in Brut, Brut Rosé and Demi Sec versions. The wines are found in supermarkets and liquor stores across Chile and in the winery's online store.

The visit is about 35 minutes from Santiago, at El Arpa 119, and is booked online at least 24 hours ahead; it is for over-18s only. There are three tours, Don Lorenzo, Premium and Ícono 1922, which cover the vineyard, the winery and the barrel rooms and include a guided tasting of five to seven wines, nibbles and a gift. They leave every day at set times, in Spanish and, Tuesday to Saturday, also in English and Portuguese. For groups, a private tour with a barbecue, from 20 people, and the Arma tu Vino experience, in which each person creates their own blend, are quoted by WhatsApp (+56 9 4181 9761) or email. The winery also organizes dated lunches and parties, such as the Wine Sunset, whose fourth edition was in October 2026, and hosts weddings and corporate events in its gardens and halls. At the end of the tour you can buy at the wine shop. No restaurant open to the public or accommodation is listed.