OPPOSITEPAGE, BOTTOM: COURTESYSANTIAGOADVENTURES
datingbacktothemid-1500s,
whenJesuitmissionaries
arrivedwithavastknowledge
ofwinemaking.Traditionally,
Chilehasproducedthemost
famouswinesworldwide;how-
ever,Argentineoeringscan
beequallyexquisite—andUru-
guay,PeruandBrazilarealso
playingcatch-upwithasig-
nificantamountofrealestate
beingdedicatedtovineyards.
Giventhis, it’snosurprisethat
SouthAmerica isamagnet for
oenophiles.Thecontinent’s
most famouswineregions—
Chile’sMaipoValleyandMen-
doza inArgentina—hogthe
majorityofwinetourism,with
a long-standing infrastructure
oftastingroomsandvineyard
lodging,aswellasan indisput-
ableproductionofoutstanding,
award-winningwines.But
there isalsosomethingtobe
said foramoreboutiquewine
experience—onethatallows
youtomeanderquietlyalong,
makingdiscoveryafterdiscov-
ery, ratherthan following in
the footstepsofeveryoneelse
onthecontinent.Theensuing
threeup-and-comingwine
regionshavebeguntodrawthe
attentionofthewineworld,yet
havemanagedtoremainbliss-
fullyotheproverbialbeaten
path,makingavisittoanyone
ofthemanexpedition inself-
discoverychasedbyallmanner
oftaste-bud-invigorating
boutiquewines.
SOUTHAMERICA
ISONEOFTHENEW
WORLD’SOLDEST
WINEREGIONS,
CLOCKWISEFROMTOPLEFT:
Avineyardat Laberinto, inChile’sMauleValley; checking thegrapes at
Laberinto; GillmoreWineryandVineyards; J. Bouchon’sMingreWineLodge
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