Jaco was full of enthusiasm, great at communication and he worked really hard to make sure we made the most of every opportunity - Noel was awesome and really good company.
Beautiful gardens and venue. Not so good on the wine production. Seen lots of barrel before Title says it all. The summer house is beautiful but we could not go inside although told all about it. Gardens amazing. Tastings good. Took the extra tasting and sorry. A few pieces of cheese and the four $40 wine tastes were ok but they were just $40 wines. The winery did not share a taste of their top brands. Disappointing. And the extra tasting sommelier obviously had been tasting a bit more before our group. He was rarely on in his comments with the pours he had just made. Confusing. Best of the tour was ability to taste grapes on the vine. Would have liked a bit more of that and less about a house you could not go in. An OK tour and if in the great city of Santiago not a bad idea to take an hour drive for the basic tour. The wine shop by the way was probably the best seen of all wineries visited. We’ll set up and very well done. Our driver to and from, Rene’ was terrific.
The drivers were both personable, professional and just lovely people to be around. They dealt with quite a few unpredictable problems (hail in the Moon Valley, several-hour border delays, etc.) incredibly well and I am glad they were both our crew.