Last night's dinner was amazing. The Restaurant was called Kilometer 0 and was at basement level but there was a glass wall of (I think) 10,000 bottles of wine! Not sure how it would fare in an earthquake! Food and wines were excellent but on arrival we were again served the best pisco I've ever had. A good night to set the pace for the next couple of weeks.
On the bus this morning and away by 9.30 am. There are just 20 of us so plenty of room to spread out. We are accompanied by Christian, the head sommelier from the RACV and his wife Alison and Faye, a member of the tour company (Arblaster & Clarke) from The UK. The winery today was VIna Aquatania in the Maipo Valley, on the outskirts of Santiago so we were there just after 10 am. Met by the owner, Eduardo and the winemaker Angela we had a terrific tour of the winery, which at the moment is very quiet due to harvest being late March. After the tour we were served a sparkling wine with delicious canapes. Following that we tasted SoldeSol savignon blanc and a chardonney. Lunch was then set up under umbrellas on the lawn and we were served cold salmon with salsa verde, cold beef and salads. Dessert was a berry crepe then bowls of fresh fruit and petite fours. Absolutely divine! By now we had also tasted a Pinot Noir, a Cabernet Savignon and a Syrrah. All excellent and made by Angela who was sitting on our table.
En route to Santa Cruz there was a bit of shut eye for most!!!! Arrived here around 5 pm - the hotel is very Spanish, quite comfortable after we got the aircon to work! Apparently the hotel was built by drug lords years ago! Will be here 2 nights - tomorrow we go to Montes for tastings and a BBQ lunch.
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