concha y toro winery

Any decent winery will explain and demonstrate the production process. Not Concha y Toro !! A small group of English speakers was taken to the outside of the original "manor" and then to a field where we were given 5 minutes to taste some grapes of various varieties. Then to a "tasting" of a white wine but no spittoons and no crackers or bread to clear the pallete. Then we were herded through a cellar, lights turned out and we had to endure some childish story of how the devil was kicked out of the cellar.... Really, please we are adults. Then to another table where 2 red wines were offered, again no real explanation, too much for a taste and no pallete cleanser between the two; however a couple of the party were observed topping up their glasses! We were then expected to go to the shop and pay much more than in downtown Santiago. So disappointed that I will probably avoid drinking this brand in future.A local resident later said we had opted for one of the worst winery tours around

Generally a good tour of a large wine production facility. Informative. Beautiful facility and opportunity to lunch and purchase wines in their wine shop. Guide spoke excellent English and was very easy to understand.

Did the tour and loved it! Tasted many wines for free and also got to taste the actual grapes. Free wine glass at the end of the tour. Well worth the time and money

I had an extra day in Santiago and wanted to see and learn something about the wine country without renting a car and spending an inordinate amount of time. Concha y Toro came up on the radar.I looked at various tours, but this place is so easy to reach on your own that it was a no-brainer. I took the Metro to Las Mercedes and crossed over to the other side of the street to catch a bus to Pirque ($600CLP). A taxi is supposedly $4,000 CLP but buses run all the time. The winery is only about a block from a bus stop and if you tell the driver "Concho Y Toro Vinedos" he will tell you where to get off. The winery offers tours in English twice a day and the cost is $9,000CLP which is a little steep for the tour I think. While there is a tour past the original house and into the wineyards and cellar (including the Diablo Cellar) and 3-wine tastings, there is nothing on the process of wine-making. It's easy to grab lunch (free wifi) and drink some other wines after the tour but service at the bar is infinitely better than in the courtyard.After the tour, there was a Turist van inside the front gate which takes you to Plaza de Armes Metro station for $1,000CLP which is quicker and easier than catching the local bus back. Overall, the tour and day at the winery were a great time-filler.

Our guided tour of the Concha y Toro winery was not typical of the dozens of winery tours we have enjoyed. Like many other tours, our guide was knowledgeable and professional, but he was also very, very patient with the three or four 'challenging' guests he encountered. I would have told them to shut up! The great part of the tour was the sound and light video shown in the cellar that explained the mystery of 'Casillero del Diablo'. The wine tasting was great. We bought lots of wine and enjoyed it before we left South America. We will of course, buy lots more at home. The cost is reasonable.

Concha y Toro is the largest wine producer in Chile and their winery offers wonderful tours. These tours show the beautiful grounds, some of their nearby vineyards, as well as their cellars. The guides spoke excellent English and gave great descriptions and answered all questions. The tour ended with a wine tasting and a visit to their store. There is a cafe/restaurant on site that offers food.

My friends brought me here as the first stop on my first visit to Chile. It was a very good tour. We were lucky enough to see a group performing traditional music and dancing "Cueca" you get to tour the winery and sample the wine. The bilingual guide Lorena was terrific. Suitable for seniors and kids were free. I would go back and great wine ☺️

This is the largest Wineries maker in the world. Visit it. Of course not all production is made in the visiting area. Other locations belong to the company where most of their wines are produced. This is the first placement and the visit is including history comments. Very recommendable to get the Tour named Markes, and not the simple one. you'll enjoy a maritage of cheese and wine that is exceptional.

This seemed to be a fairly rapid tour. We arrived in good time and wandered the courtyard around a little before the tour began. This started off in the gardens by the former owner's residence, which was all very nice, but were soon hustled off to look at the parts growing samples of the grapes. This was quite interesting but not majorly exciting! From there we went into the winery itself and thence to a wine tasting. The wines were standard, apart from one which was supposed to be highly expensive - ca. $150 US a bottle. Whether this be true or not, it was a delicious wine. Sadly no attempt was made to serve us any white wines, the selected three were all red, which didn't seem fair. The tour around the winery was amusing, with an incarceration in the Devil's cellar worthy of a 6 year old child. Poorly done, lacking in any kind of conviction but I suppose it dramatised the story a little.The guides did not seem particularly interested in the visitors, but at least the wine server was pleasant.There is a large and expensive gift shop, with some reasonably nice things in it, including wine which they would ship for you. Unfortunately the staff were unable to give us any indication of likely import duties into the UK, so we declined.We did try to eat lunch there, but the serving time was going to take so long we decided against it.

We went to have Lunch at the winery, the food was good despite the portions being slightly small and the service was good, it cost around $35,000 for two people ($60 USD ish) including some wine. We went just outside to feed our 18month old afterwards, with bottled milk, and were told we were not allowed to stay on the grass unless we purchased a tour ticket by a rude security guard as we had only eaten at the restaurant......weird, spoilt my day.

The place has really nice grounds, it is a shame you just can't go off and enjoy them.Tour felt rushed and impersonal, very little explanation into the process no guidance given to people on how to taste wineThe highlight of the tour is supposed to be a multimedia presentation in the Devils cellar. This came of a little cheesyYou can get much better tours from other vineyards near by

Touring this winery was easily one of the biggest disappointments of my trip to Chile. Our guide rushed us through the tour in about 40 minutes, ushering us from one location to another, speaking at a rapid fire pace. As soon as she was done speaking, she'd tell us to take pictures, ask if we had questions and then within 30 seconds we'd be moving on to the next location. You end up feeling like cattle being herded around with no real time to properly look around and appreciate what you're seeing. The place itself is wonderful but the tour is a complete waste of time and money. You'd be better off simply going there, hanging out at the restaurant to drink on your end and checking out the store.

Some have mentioned that the tour was "impersonal" and "not so much fun", but when I was there on Tuesday morning it could not have been better. I believe the guide's name was Andrea who spoke flawless English was a gracious hostess. She did extremely well showing describing the grapes and the winery's various appellations. They have "grapes for show" which you can taste the grapes, but "grapes for production" are a few yards away. You can see them but you cannot get really close to them. There were three tastings in two stops during the tour. The first was a yummy white wine, estate bottled, Gran Reserve that tasted wonderful. You did not have to be close to the wine to smell the aroma. When I got within five feet it was obvious. There was a tasting there, and two more varietal reds were given at the second stop. Don't miss the tour of the cellar and the fun-filled explanation of El Diablo in the cellar. Incidentally, the cellar was naturally cooled and was quite comfortable on a 90 degree Fahrenheit day. There is, of course, a wine and accessory shop at the end of the tour. I bought a highly touted and quite tasty on the tasting menu. Only a very few of the wines were "high priced", but they were with the price they were marked with. I got to the winery on a Touristik tour. Someone observed it was hard to find, and I would agree that assessment. Take the Touristik of about $28-$30 USD. I took the Touristik tour for the winery and one other trip. Both were reasonably priced and had guides with personalities. Ask at the winery for a tour in English if that is easier than Spanish. If you are like me, anytime I take a wine tour the groups are fun and we all got acquainted. There were six of us: A couple from Australia, a couple from England, a gentleman from Mexico City, and myself from Houston. We all contributed our opinions and discussed wine as well as having personal conversations which involved everyone.

This is one of the biggest wineries in the world, the second, I think by production, it has more than 15 brands; however, this was the most commercial (it does not have a personal attention) winery tour that I've taken, I would not recommmend this tour if you go to Santiago.Unless you like a huge group in your tour, this the most visited winery in Chile, you are not going to learn much about wine, or the production process, even in the VIP tour, that lasts like 30 minutes more to taste the third line of wines with some pairing of cheese, and then you are going to be invited to leave the room because another group is coming. The best part I think it is the "Casillero del Diablo" part of the tour...The restaurant by itself is good, but could much much better, considering the winery, the landscape, the wines...

We drove there ourselves and used an app called "waze" which is like a Santiago version of Google maps. We had a very difficult time finding the vineyard and got rerouted about 3 times. When we did find it we had lunch and did a tour. The English guide was good and so was the wine!!