For plans made on the road. These wineries list at least one experience that doesn't require booking, though in high season it's always better to let them know you're coming.
17 wineries open to visitors in 9 valleys, north to south.
The last winery within the city of Copiapó, with pergola-trained vines since 1947: red, white, rosé, chicha and the sweet aged Golden Tea, all tasted and sold at its wine shop with no booking needed.
Pisco distillery in operation since 1868, the oldest in Chile, which also makes sweet wines. Daily guided tours of its stills, cellars and the cellar of niches.
Boutique winery in Limarí with vineyards planted in 1993 beside the river, 30 km from the sea; its own wines since 2005, made partly by gravity flow, and visits Monday to Friday.
Family winery founded in 1890 in San Roque, Panquehue, with an old cellar and machinery still in use, a manor house and tours with tastings of reds, whites, sparkling and sweet wines.
Century-old cellars of the former El Sobrante estate in Petorca, where a society of peasant farmers makes País, Moscatel and Cristal wines and Campo Oculto cooked chicha. Wine shop and guided visits.
Family winery founded in 2000 by María Luz Marín in Lo Abarca, 4 km from the Pacific and with its own D.O. (appellation): Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir and Syrah from cool hillsides.
Winery founded in 1880 in Alto Jahuel, with a century-old park, a chapel, the Bodega de los 120 Patriotas, the Museo Andino, a restaurant, a hotel and seven tours with tasting, booked online.
Family winery founded in 2016, with visits held in the old stables of Fundo El Morro, in Buin: tastings, picnics, lunches and sunset barbecues, with Maipo Andes Cabernet Sauvignon as its signature.
Family winery founded in 1856 in Peñalolén, within Santiago and at the foot of the Andes: 19th-century underground cellars, a museum, tours with tasting and the Jardín de Macul.
Winery founded in 1875 in the heart of Santiago, with gardens, a colonial manor house and an 1877 underground cellar that is a National Monument. One-hour guided tour with three tastings.
Winery in Lolol founded in 2003 by Carlos Cardoen, with tours and tasting, a cable car up to the Cerro de las Culturas, an observatory, wine and car museums and the Loló restaurant.
Family winery in Placilla, Colchagua, founded in 1965 by winemaker Mario Ravanal on vines over a hundred years old; eight experiences, from a tasting with no booking needed to the harvest.
Lapostolle's original winery in Cunaco, a hacienda-style manor house beside Ruta 90, with a shop selling the family's wines and piscos and tastings by the glass Monday to Saturday.
The Balduzzi family's winery in San Javier, 500 m from Ruta 5: a four-wine tasting with no booking needed, a free self-guided tour with a mini-museum, and reds from the dry-farmed interior of Maule.
Family winery in Melozal, in the San Javier drylands, with old vats and a barrel cellar. Open year-round with tastings of País, Torontel and Cabernet Sauvignon, a guided tour and direct sales.
Family winery in the Melozal drylands, on Ruta L-32: País, Carménère and Semillón, plus brandy and liqueurs from a copper still, with tastings and sales in its wooden tasting room.
Family winery in Quillón, active since 1986, with Carignan, Cinsault, País and Moscatel wines, artisanal liqueurs and a free tasting room open every day.
