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With a hot, dry desert hugging its northern border, and the freezing Antartic just off the southern tip, the heart of 2,700 mile-long Chile is virtually bug free, and an isolated haven for ideal wine growing.

While the natural advantages have always existed within Chile, the economic and political ones did not until the late 1980's - when the wine industry was allowed to fully bloom.

Since then, grape and wine production in Chile have skyrocketed producing some of the finest, most affordable wines in all of South America.

Today, wine tours and travel within Chile is also booming in some of the country's most famous wine valleys including Maipo, Casablanca (photo,above), Cachapoal, Colchagua, Maule and Elqui....

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Wines of Chile - Promoting the interests of nearly 100 Chilean wineries, this guide takes a look at wine regions and Chilean winemaking history, with feature articles, and an industry event calendar.