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The wineries are booked one by one
Colchagua is spread between Santa Cruz, Apalta and Lolol, and the wineries run on schedules and quotas, not open doors. Book the main visit before choosing where to sleep and build the rest of the day around it.
Each winery has its own channel: Montes sells only online, MontGras asks for two days' notice for lunch, Casa Silva requires advance booking for all its tours and Viña Santa Cruz is booked by phone or email. Viu Manent also sells online; ask whether it receives visitors without a reservation, and do not count on turning up and finding a place.
Without a car, the valley shrinks
Santa Cruz is the base and has a bus terminal with services from Santiago. The wineries are far from the terminal and from each other: Apalta, where Viña Montes is, about 12 km away, and Lolol, where Viña Santa Cruz is, about 33. Casa Silva is in San Fernando, another town: ask for the distance and the transfer from Santa Cruz.
Ask the winery how to reach Lolol by public transport before planning the day on that assumption. The Montes tour that is published does not include transfer.
The Museo Colchagua, in central Santa Cruz, is the stop you can make without a car.
What there is on each side
Viña Montes, in Apalta, has a tour with tasting and a cellar visit and, at the far end, a seven-course lunch with seven wines. That lunch is published with a "from" price: confirm before booking whether it is per person or per group. Montes' Ícono, Andes Deluxe and Sunset tours have their own conditions: confirm the booking and transfer when choosing them.
Viu Manent offers a carriage ride with tasting, at fixed times. In rain there is no carriage and the visit stays in the room and the tasting. MontGras serves lunch at the winery, with no cancellation.
Viña Santa Cruz, in Lolol, has the wine tour and a cable car over the vineyard up to Cerro de las Culturas, with an astronomical museum. Casa Silva, in San Fernando, tours the century-old cellar.
The harvest starts in February
In February MontGras opens Mi Cosecha, a grape-stomping experience that only exists while the harvest lasts and has limited places. Ask the winery when it ends. If you travel then and want to stomp grapes, book ahead, as the winery itself asks.
How to get there
From Santiago you get there by Ruta 5 Sur and route I-90, or by bus to Santa Cruz.
The place
Facts
- Where it is
- Región de O'HigginsSource: wikidata.org · Checked on November 1, 2026
- Full entry
- Valle de Colchagua
When to go
- Temperature
- Rainfall
- Best time
- Good
- Mixed
- Poor
- High
- 31°
- Low
- 14°
- Rainfall
- 12 mm
What the route costs
Prices checked on Oct 15, 2026. They may contain errors, so confirm them at the source before you pay.
- Viña Montes, Magical Experience (tour and lunch at Fuegos de Apalta)
Open Monday to Saturday, at 11:00
Vertical tasting of four older vintages and a seven-course menu with seven wines. Lasts about 5 hours.
Online booking only, in Spanish or English.
Unconfirmed at the source
from CLP 1,560,000
- Viña Montes, Double Icon Tour (Apalta)
Under 18 CLP 10,000 with a soft drink. Includes cellar, barrel room and tasting of 2 icon wines and 2 Montes Alpha. The Evolution Tour (vertical tasting, max. 6) is private and quoted separately.
Online booking only; maximum 8 people, arrive 15 minutes early, no transfer. Evolution requires 12 hours' notice and is non-refundable.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 65,000
- MontGras, lunch at the winery
Open Friday and Saturday at 13:30
Set menu: starter, main, dessert, coffee, wine and water. Mi Cosecha, the harvest experience with grape stomping, is offered only in that season and with limited places.
Book 48 hours ahead, up to 10 people, no cancellation or refund. Tours and tastings can also be booked through the website, email or WhatsApp.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 55,000
- Viña Santa Cruz (Lolol), Gran Chamán Wine Tour
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Lasts 2 hours. Great Wines Tour CLP 54,000. Vineyard carriage ride CLP 11,000, Wine Museum CLP 13,000, Automobile Museum CLP 13,000 and both museums together CLP 21,000.
Book by phone or email; it is in Lolol, Route I-72 km 25.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 50,000
- Viu Manent, carriage tour with a five-wine tasting
Open All year, every day at 10:30, 12:00, 15:00 and 16:30
Children and seniors CLP 14,000. Luxury Wines CLP 49,000, private Icono CLP 68,000, electric bike CLP 34,000, vineyard walk CLP 25,000, bike picnic CLP 55,000. Lasts 1 h 15.
Book online at the winery's shop; groups of 1 to 16 people. In rain there is no carriage ride and the visit stays in the hall and the tasting.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 25,000
- Casa Silva (San Fernando), Centenary Cellar Tour
Open Shop opens Tuesday 10:30 to 18:00, Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:30, Sunday 11:30 to 16:30; closed Mondays
With a 4-wine tasting; without tasting CLP 18,000. Gran Terroir CLP 30,000, Carmenere CLP 40,000, Super Premium and Icons CLP 63,000; stables CLP 6,000 extra. Ages 15 to 17 40% off; under 15 free.
All tours require advance booking by WhatsApp or email; no tasting under 18. It is at the Angostura vineyard, in San Fernando.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 22,000
- Viña Santa Cruz, cable car to Cerro de las Culturas and astronomical museum
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Lasts about an hour: cable car over the vineyard, a free walk through the Aymara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui cultures, and a museum with meteorites. Eno-astronomical sunset CLP 125,000.
Book by phone or email; same access as the winery, in Lolol.
CLP 21,000
- Museo Colchagua, Santa Cruz
Open Every day from 10:00 to 18:30; on 24 and 31 December from 10:00 to 13:00
Seniors CLP 6,000; ages 5 to 17 and students CLP 5,000. The ticket is valid for 24 hours. Guided visits on Saturdays and Sundays at 12:00. Five-museum route: CLP 24,000.
Closed on 25 December, 1 January and on days decreed by the authorities
No booking needed. Allow three hours; pets are not allowed. Parking available.
Unconfirmed at the source
CLP 9,000
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