| From | Car | Bus | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|
| From SantiagoGoogle Maps | 88 km on Route 5 (Ruta 5) and Ruta 57 (Los Libertadores) to the San Felipe turnoff; about 1 h 25 min. | From the Alameda and Los Héroes terminals about 20 buses a day leave for San Felipe; around 1 h 40 min. Buses Ahumada covers the Santiago–San Felipe–Los Andes run. | There are full-day tours from Santiago, generally private or small-group, visiting two or three wineries. |
By car. The bulk are in Panquehue, 5–15 km west of San Felipe on Ruta 60-CH; In Situ and La Joda lie to the east, in San Esteban (17–22 km); Seña and Narbona, 40–55 km away, on the road to Quillota.
Harvest: in March, according to the valley's wineries.
Harvest is in March and April. The Fiesta de la Vendimia (harvest festival) is held in late March at Los Manantiales, Panquehue, with a tourist train from Santiago. Dry, hot summers, cool mornings, snow on the Andes in winter. Several wineries receive visitors only Monday to Friday.
A day from Santiago is enough for two wineries and lunch. For a weekend there are hotels in San Felipe and Los Andes, and accommodation at Narbona and La Joda.
Base town: San Felipe.
Accommodation at 2 wineries: Narbona Wines, Vino La Joda.
Where the visits are concentrated:
Flagship grapes:
Bus times, terminals and frequencies come from a ticket-sales portal (Kupos); only Buses Ahumada was confirmed on its own site, which publishes neither terminal nor journey time. The Fiesta de la Vendimia was held in late March in 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026 (it is organized by the Asociación de Viñateros de Aconcagua, the valley's winegrowers' association); the 2027 date has not been announced and the tourist train was confirmed only for the 2024 and 2026 editions. Winter snow is asserted on the basis of the skiing at Portillo cited by Enoturismo Chile; no official climate description of the valley was found. The hotels in San Felipe and Los Andes were not verified against a source.
Hollow dots are approximate locations. Open this valley in the map with filters.
Those open to visitors first.
Boutique winery of Californians Ed and Jenny Flaherty in the adobe manor house of the old Fundo El Magnolio, in Santa María: red blends from Aconcagua and Cauquenes and signature lunches.
Family winery in San Esteban, in the upper Aconcagua, with hillside vineyards on Cerro Paidahuén beside pre-Hispanic petroglyphs; tours with tasting and a climb up to the archaeological park.
Family-run boutique winery in Quebrada del Ají, Quillota: a small cellar, trails through native forest and four cabins for two with a hot tub or jacuzzi. Visits and tastings by booking.
Chile's first icon wine, created in 1995 by Eduardo Chadwick and Robert Mondavi. A biodynamically farmed 42 ha hillside vineyard in Ocoa, Aconcagua, with tours and a tasting at its lookout.
Project of a winemaker couple in the Cajón de San Francisco, in the Aconcagua Andes: unfiltered natural wines, pét-nats and a mountain refuge where you can stay the night.
Chilean branch of the German house Baron Knyphausen: nearly two hectares of Carménère and Syrah at Hacienda Santa Teresa in Llay Llay, beside a manor house listed as a Historic Monument.
Family winery in El Escorial, Panquehue, that brings an 1880 hacienda back to life: brick underground cellar, Cornisa high-altitude wines, and tours, tastings and picnics Monday to Saturday.
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.
Winery founded in 1870 in Panquehue, Aconcagua Valley, now owned by Eduardo Chadwick; historic manor house, the Bodega Ícono and an underground cellar, with tours and tastings of Don Maximiano, KAI and Las Pizarras.
The Carevic family's winery in Panquehue, beside the Aconcagua River: 8 hectares of its own and hand-harvested artisan reds from Carménère, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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.
Winery founded in 1998 by Swiss-born Mauro von Siebenthal in Panquehue, Aconcagua Valley: 30 ha and age-worthy reds such as Tatay de Cristóbal and Toknar. Tours with tasting, by booking.
