Journal

Rising before dawn has its merits. In under two hours we had parked not far from the Argentine border and were high up in the Andes beginning our trek along…

A week ago we harvested our first batch of homegrown apricots, we collected 24 in total and they are so delicious!

Courgettes and lettuce are now in full swing thanks to Claudio. The chicken wire covers work perfectly to protect against birds and rabbits…and there are hundreds of delicious sweet peas…

Claudio, with the help of quality control officer Manuela (pictured below), harvests the oregano to be dried for use all year round.

The first sourdough baguettes fresh out of the oven.

The vines on the parrón are growing very rapidly now that the sun is getting warmer and warmer, they creep over just at the right time to provide some much needed…

Loncomilla Valley is located in the Maule Region, Region 7, in central Chile.  

Local Viticulturalist Andrés Sanchez is spear-heading two exciting new entrepreneurial pursuits for the Loncomilla Valley. First up – Chile has very strict laws about importing agricultural goods, so the variety…

Lichen grows on everything here and comes in all different forms. Many of the walks are through areas of wilderness that have been left for many years, it is so…

An early morning walk to the top of Tabontinaja showed the extent of the trapped fog in the valley. This is a good time to introduce our first ‘visiting resident’…

The wild flowers are popping up all over the place after the rains of the last few weeks.

Mid-morning the sun casts a shadow on the bodega that beautifully highlights the architectural pattern of the parrón.

It turns out the ‘jurassic’ looking tree is a kumquat tree. Kumquats are native to Asia and were only brought to Europe and the Americas in the 19th century, so…