According to the latest news from Chile, a massive aftershock was felt in the south of the country earlier today. I can only imagine the stress that they are going through so I decided to post some pictures I took of Santiago, the capital city which has more or less escaped without any damage. Sadly, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Chile’
March 2, 2010
Chile’s Concha y Toro Reports Damage According To AP
According to the Associated Press, Chile’s largest winery Concha y Toro has stopped production for a week to assess damages to its wineries. I have not independently confirmed this but AP is extremely reliable. Apparently some production facilities south of Santiago were quite damaged by the earthquake. To read the article, click here. I visited [...]
March 1, 2010
Chile On My Mind – Damage Not Yet Clear For Wine Industry
I have been thinking about Chile nonstop since I heard the news about the dreadful earthquake that has claimed many hundreds of lives and wrecked havoc on the region near the city of Concepcion. On my trip last year to Chile, I spent consider time wandering around the wineries in that beautiful country and just [...]
February 25, 2010
Chile Day 13 & 14- Trip To Easter Island
Last year I had the good fortune to spend almost three weeks in Chile traveling happily up and down the country. One of the last things I did on the trip was take a plane to Easter Island, some five hours off the coast. When you first get off the plane, you are greeted by [...]
December 22, 2009
Chile Day 12: Almost 1 Year Later
Amazing how time flies but almost one year has past since my fabulous visit to Chile. I feel nostalgic for that beautiful country, its vistas, its people and of course, its wines. I get more letters from people about my trip to Chile than I would have ever imagined. A couple of friends are on [...]
July 26, 2009
Chile Day 11: The Casablanca Valley – Rediscovering Sauvignon Blanc
Although it has been almost seven months since my lovely trip to Chile, I have yet to write about my vineyard trips while there. An article by Eric Asimov in this week’s Dining In section sparked my memories of just how much I enjoyed the Chilean Sauvignon Blancs that I tried while visiting. Let me [...]
March 28, 2009
Chile Day 10 – Geysers, San Pedro di Atacama, Licancabur
San Pedro, the tourist mecca in Northern Chile, is a crossroads for all kinds of people going in different directions in South America. According to local custom, the extinct volcano Licancabur which hovers in the distance is somewhat of a diety. Mountains are considered to be female in their mythology while volcanos are, of course, [...]
March 27, 2009
Chile Day 9 – Desert Beauty, Salar de Atacama
These photos are just so beautiful that I decided to put them up even though I drank very little wine during these two days. San Pedro di Atacama where I was staying was very hot and dusty. Water was my main companion. We tended to get up really early in the morning to go on [...]
March 24, 2009
Chile Day 8 – San Pedro di Atacama
Chile is such a long and varied country. I went from the green tones and blue glaciers of Patagonia to one of the driest deserts in the world, that of San Pedro di Atacama. San Pedro is a tourist mecca for hikers, backpackers and people coming from northern Argentina or making their way to Peru [...]
March 17, 2009
Chile Day 7: Patagonia’s Penguins & Polar Explorers in Punto Arenas
Although my trip to Chile seems like ancient history, whenever I get the chance, I look through my photos and am immediately transported back to that beautiful land. On Day 7, I went to see the Seno Otway Penguin Colony. A much larger colony is located on Magdalena Island. Unfortunately it was too windy to [...]
