Santa Cruz is in the heart of the wine zone.

Lunch after Colchagua Valley winery visit.

At the winery Murray found a colourful skink

View from our Santa Cruz hotel looking across vineyards with the Andes in the distance.

Colchagua Valley, Chile

Oct 30–31, 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

It was an early departure from Santiago towards the south via the Panamerican Highway, passing the city of San Fernando onto Santa Cruz, in the heart of the wine zone. We visited Colchagua Museum, known today as one the most complete Museums in South America. Colchagua Valley is famous for producing some of Chile’s finest wines. In particular Cabernet Sauvignon and the Carmenere variety that was thought to be extinct until rediscovered in Chile in 1994.Read more