| From | Car | Bus | Train | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From SantiagoGoogle Maps | 180 km on Route 5 South (Ruta 5 Sur) to San Fernando, then Ruta 90 to Santa Cruz; about 2 h 20 min without traffic. | From Terminal Sur (Estación Central) to Santa Cruz, with departures throughout the day; between 3 h and 3 h 20 min. | It doesn't reach Santa Cruz. The Chillán–Estación Central train, run by EFE (the state railway), stops at San Fernando, 33 km away. | There are day tours from Santiago to the valley's wineries. |
You'll want a car. From Santa Cruz, Peralillo is 22 km away, Lolol 32 km and San Fernando 33 km; neighboring wineries are 2–5 km apart. The Ruta del Vino de Colchagua (Colchagua wine route) organizes tours and sells experiences online.
Harvest: in April, according to the valley's wineries.
Harvest is in March and April. The Fiesta de la Vendimia de Colchagua (Colchagua harvest festival), in Santa Cruz's main square, falls in early March (6–8 March 2026). Dry, hot summer, rain in winter. The wineries open year-round; several close on Mondays.
It makes a good weekend with Santa Cruz as your base; 13 wineries have accommodation, mostly in Peralillo and San Fernando. In a day from Santiago you can fit two wineries and lunch.
Base town: Santa Cruz.
Accommodation at 13 wineries: Alchemy Wines, Viña Camino Mar, Viña Casa Silva, Clos Apalta (Domaines Bournet-Lapostolle) and 9 more.
Restaurant at 10: Viña Casa Silva, Clos Apalta (Domaines Bournet-Lapostolle), Viña Escondida de Colchagua, Viña Estampa and 6 more.
Where the visits are concentrated:
Flagship grapes:
The bus journey time comes from a ticket seller (Kupos), not from the companies; Terminal Sur is given by chile.travel. “Early March” rests on the 2025 (7–9 March) and 2026 (6–8 March) editions; 2027 dates are not published. We did not confirm that the Tren del Vino (wine train) San Fernando–Santa Cruz is still running, so it is not mentioned. The 33 km from San Fernando to Santa Cruz are the stretch of Ruta 90 given by OSRM. Climate described in general terms; Monday closures come from the profiles on this site.
Hollow dots are approximate locations. Open this valley in the map with filters.
Those open to visitors first.
Boutique winery of two winemakers, one Californian and one Chilean, in Santa Ana, Peralillo: small-batch wines, a tour with tasting, a wine-paired lunch and a boutique hotel in Almahue.
Seven-level gravity-flow winery dug into the Apalta hillside, birthplace of the icon wine Clos Apalta: private visits with tasting, century-old organic vines, a restaurant and a Relais & Châteaux hotel.
François Lurton's biodynamic winery in the Lolol valley: 28 Demeter-certified hectares, tours with tasting, picnics among the vines and a guesthouse for 12 people.
Boutique natural wine and pét-nat winery in Ranguil, Lolol: tasting with winemaker Laurence Real, Alai cider and Saturday lunches at La Table de la Pituca.
Boutique winery of an English vintner in Santa Ana de Población, Peralillo: Rhône-style blends, old-vine País and Sangiovese, a tour with a six-wine tasting and two Winery Studios with a pool.
The Etienne family's boutique winery in Santa Ana, Peralillo: award-winning wines, a lagoon with kayaks, tastings in the cellar, horseback and carriage rides, and two suites among the vines.
Elina and Fernando's micro-winery in San Gregorio, Nancagua: around 4,000 bottles a year of unfiltered reds, with Carménère and Mourvèdre from their home garden. Visits by appointment.
Century-old adobe winery at the eastern end of Apalta, with Cabernet Sauvignon vines from 1889 and certified organic and biodynamic farming; tours with a tasting of Neyen and Primus.
Boutique winery of two cousins in the Panamá valley, southwest of Santa Cruz: small-scale wines and a visit with the owners to taste from the barrel and create your own blend.
The Cabello family's country winery in El Cóndor de Apalta, with dry-farmed vines over 120 years old; a cart tour or sunset tour with a tasting of its award-winning wines, by appointment only.
Manuel Godoy's boutique winery in La Patagua, Santa Cruz: small-scale wines, a paired tasting in its quincho (barbecue pavilion) and hot tubs overlooking the Colchagua Valley.
Family-run lodge in the foothills of San Fernando, beside the Tumuñan stream, with a small vineyard at 700 m, three houses, a restaurant on request and tastings of its own wines.
The Tutunjian family's winery in Millahue de Apalta, known for its Envero and Grial Carménères; wine shop open daily and tastings by advance booking by email.
The Larraín Duque family's boutique winery in Santa Ana, Peralillo: 1.9 ha farmed agroecologically, handmade natural wines and a manor house that hosts groups for tastings, meals and overnight stays.
Family winery in Colchagua with a 19th-century cellar in Angostura: tours and tastings of Carménère and wines from Lago Ranco, the Club House restaurant beside the polo field and a boutique hotel.
Concha y Toro group winery in Chimbarongo, a pioneer of Pinot Noir and organic farming in Chile; tours on foot or by bike through its manor house, park and cellars, with a premium tasting.
The Eyzaguirre Echenique family's boutique winery in Peralillo, Colchagua: tours with tasting, picnics, bike rides and country lunches between the cellar, the family chapel and the vineyard.
Family-run boutique winery in La Dehesa de Placilla, with 8.3 ha of Cabernet Sauvignon and signature wines inspired by an old speakeasy; tours, tastings and the El Clandestino restaurant.
The González family's winery in Palmilla, devoted to blends, with vineyards in Marchigüe and Paredones; guided tours with tasting, picnics, a café and a wine bar.
The Undurraga family's winery in Los Lingues, Alto Colchagua, with Demeter-certified biodynamic vineyards on basalt hillsides; vineyard visits with tasting, by advance booking.
Family winery in Peralillo (Colchagua) founded by the Castro siblings: signature wines with illustrated labels, clay tinajas and tours led by the owners themselves.
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.
Winery of French origin in Apalta, with a cellar by architect Mathias Klotz and a certified organic vineyard; tastings in its wine shop Tuesday to Saturday.
The Hartwig family's boutique winery a short walk from Santa Cruz, with 40 ha of Bordeaux varieties planted since 1978; tours with tasting through the vineyard, cellar and barrel room.
Organic, family-run boutique winery in Santa Ana, Peralillo, with Rhône varieties and roots in New Orleans. Tours with a guided tasting, a barrel room and a mural that tells its story.
The Hurtado family's winery since 1916, between the Tinguiririca River and the Chimbarongo stream in Palmilla; estate-grown Cabernet Franc and Carménère, icon-wine tastings, bike rides, picnics and kayaking.
The Maturana siblings' boutique winery in Angostura, San Fernando, with wines from heritage grapes such as Torontel, País and San Francisco and a tour with tasting and cheeses.
Pioneer of premium Chilean wine in Apalta (Colchagua): a gravity-flow winery, a barrel room with Gregorian chants, icon-wine tastings, a Francis Mallmann restaurant and a guesthouse.
Family winery founded in 1993 in Palmilla, Colchagua. It welcomes visitors in a colonial-style manor house set among gardens, with blending workshops, blind tastings, picnics and harvest experiences.
Syrah estate founded in 2002 on Cerro Polkura, in the dryland of Marchigüe: 30 ha, dry-farmed wines and the first Chilean winery certified as a B Corp. Tastings, hiking and picnics by booking.
Signature wines by winemaker Ana Salomó, from agroecological vineyards in Santa Ana (Peralillo) and on the Colchagua coast; the Microterroir line is sold online.
The Novoa family's vineyard in the dryland of Pumanque: tastings led by its winemaker among Carménère, Petit Verdot and Cabernet vines, a blend-your-own session and picnics.
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.
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 Angostura, next to San Fernando, with Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted in 1903; it offers tours and tastings around a 1930s chalet and its underground cellar.
Viña Sutil's winery and hotel in Peralillo, set among vineyards by the Tinguiririca River: tours with tastings of Acrux and Mixtio, paired lunches and dinners, 11 rooms and its own airstrip.
Viña Ventisquero's lookout at its La Roblería vineyard in Apalta: terraced hillsides that give birth to Pangea, Vértice and Obliqua, with tasting tours and a sunset tasting.
Family winery in Cunaco (Colchagua) with century-old Malbec vines, horse-drawn carriage tours, tastings in the historic cellar, the Rayuela restaurant, a lodge among the vines and an equestrian club.
Small family-run organic vineyard in San José de Los Lingues, at the foot of the Andes, planted in 2011 by a Chilean-American couple who put its profits toward environmental causes.
Winemaker Marco Puyo's project on granite soils in Pumanque, Colchagua Costa: Cabernet and Carménère reds, plus Cinsault from Itata and Carignan from Maule.
Estate owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) since 1988 in Peralillo, with 667 ha of vines, mostly Cabernet Sauvignon. Wines: Los Vascos, Cromas, Chagual, Le Dix and Cañeten. No visits.
The Edwards family's winery in Puquillay, Colchagua, founded in 1976, with mountain vineyards up to 900 m that give rise to Pater and Doña Bernarda. No visitor program currently advertised.
Family winery in Palmilla with over 700 ha across seven estates in Colchagua, from Los Lingues to Peralillo; it makes Ketrán and the Los Lingues line. No visits are advertised: it sells online.
Mountain vineyard at around 1,050 m in the Colchagua Andes, next to the village of Sierras de Bellavista: three hectares of volcanic soil planted with Riesling, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Small mountain vineyard in Las Peñas, in the Andean foothills of San Fernando, with Pinot Noir, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. An independent project and a member of MOVI.
Family project of sculptor Enrique Villalobos in Lolol: natural wines from a wild 1940s Carignan vineyard whose vines climb up into the trees.
The Errázuriz Ovalle family's winery in the coastal dryland of Colchagua, with over 2,500 ha and its own cellar in Marchigüe; it makes Panul, Pichilemu, Liebre and Máximo de Marchigüe.
