Itata valley in Chile is turning heads for being one of the most unique in the country. Winemaker Marcelo Retamal for De Martino winery is on a mission with fellow Chilean winemakers to keep the old vines and not lose this precious resource of …
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Itata is a very particular place in Chile and as well as a source for beautiful old vines, it also has an important cultural heritage and experience for anyone visiting the region. Enzo Pandolfi is a wine producer that grew up in the region …
Itata has a very specific viticulture which is quite unique in Chile. Agronomist for De Martino winery, Renan Cancino, explains the terroir of Itata from their vineyard in southern Chile. In this interview (in Spanish, with subtitles) he tells us what is unique about …
Itata is one of Chile’s oldest wine regions and is unique in having mainly gobelet-trained vineyards. To help you get to grips with this wine region, we have created a useful infographic to show the important information from our database we collected there during …
Chile’s Itata valley was on the brink of disappearing from the modern Chilean wine industry, however a handful of winemakers have been working hard in the area to make top quality wines from old vines, and new vines, and have steadily gained the market’s …