Villalobos winery and vineyard is a boutique production in Colchagua where 60-year-old Carignan vines grow wild among trees and native plants in an artists’ commune. Villalobos is a natural wine made with minimum intervention and as well as the wild Carignan, the family makes a Carmenère from 20-year-old vines.
Schwaderer Wines is the boutique brand of winemaker Constanza Schwaderer and her sister Mariane. Working in different regions in Chile, Schwaderer Wines makes both still and sparkling wines. In the sparkling portfolio are two País wines from Maule and in still wines current releases include a Pinot Noir blend from Itata and Casablanca and single variety Carignan, Petit Verdot and Semillon from Maule.
Lugarejo means a hidden hamlet and this boutique winery is hidden away between Santa Cruz and Nancagua in Colchagua. The charming Lugarejo winery is the passion project of husband and wife Fernando and Elina who have a 4,500 bottle production of red wines from different vineyards in Peralillo, Paradones and their own ‘garden vineyard’ in San Gregorio.
Each year they hand harvest, hand crush and hand bottle their wines with their children, friends and family. You can visit for a tasting of their artisan wines and to see their wine production from vine to bottle. Personally attended by Elina or Fernando, all visitors are welcome in this child-friendly home.
La Despensa Boutique Winery is a small, family wine production in Santa Ana in Colchagua. British expat Matt Ridgeway planted a couple hectares of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Marselan and Roussanne vines and he and his wife Ana now make a growing collection of red blends and a rosé. You can visit La Despensa Boutique Winery and vineyard for a tasting.