Viña Sol de los Mayos

The winery

Viña Sol de los Mayos is a family project in the dry-farmed interior of the Itata Valley, on the hills of the Los Mayos sector, municipality of Florida, about 500 meters from the boundary with Ránquil. Its public face is Pedro Fuentes, and in September 2026 the winery's account spoke of more than 50 years among vines, harvests and vintages. The Cartografía Vitivinícola del Biobío (the region's wine map), a Duoc UC project, credits it with more than 100 years of family tradition and vines over 250 years old, figures that do not appear in the winery's channels we reviewed. Although the property is in Florida, much of its wine life runs through Ránquil: it competes there, has set up its stall under the Ñipas bridge and, according to the Cartografía, received a distinction from that municipality in 2024. It also belongs to Corvitur Biobío, the region's wine and wine tourism corporation, launched in Concepción in August 2024.

The vines grow dry-farmed, on low hills. The Cartografía lists Cabernet, Merlot, Carménère and País, while the labels the winery shows are Roble Viejo, a País; El Rayo, a Moscatel de Alejandría; Matriarca, a Cinsault; and Sol de los Mayo, a late harvest Moscatel de Alejandría. Besides bottles it sells wine by the jug: for Fiestas Patrias (the September national holidays) it offers sweet whites for terremoto, the holiday punch, and reds for sangría, and in 2025 it showed a chicha (lightly fermented grape must) of Moscatel grapes. At its fairs it displays the gold medal for red blends at the 25th Concurso del Vino de Ránquil, in January 2024, and in February 2026 it celebrated a silver medal for its Moscatel de Alejandría white.

The winery publishes no program, hours or rates, so arrange the visit beforehand, by message on Instagram (@vinasoldelosmayos) or at +56 9 5526 7579. Its profile offers wine tourism and tours of vineyards and orchards; the Cartografía describes a walk through the vineyard and a tasting in the winery with homemade bread and chili paste prepared by the owner, plus direct sales and space for events. Its most visible activity has been the harvest festival, with tastings, food and games, held on 19 April 2025 and 14 March 2026 with sign-up through the agency Don Pablo y su Cava, which included transportation from Coronel, San Pedro and Concepción; for now there is no published date for another edition. The wines are bought at the winery or ordered by Instagram message: they do not appear in the online shops reviewed.