Viña San Pedro

Founded in year 1865, Viña San Pedro is nowadays one of the largest and oldest exporters of Chilean wine and one of the most important wineries in the country. San Pedro’s main vineyard, wine cellar and hundred-year-old underground cava cellar are located in Molina, in Curicó Valley, 200 Km. south of Santiago. There, San Pedro has one of the largest stretches of vineyards in Latin America, with 1,200 hectares.

Parallelly, San Pedro has over 1,500 planted hectares in Central Valley and in the other main vine-growing valleys in Chile, such as Elqui, Casablanca, San Antonio-Leyda, Maipo, Cachapoal, Maule and Bío-Bío, always in the quest for new and better origins for its wines. Viña San Pedro is part of the so-called VSPT Wine Group winemaking group, the third largest vitivinicultural group in Chile and the second largest exporter of Chilean wine. Its portfolio includes the brands Cabo de Hornos, Kankana del Elqui, Tierras Moradas, 1865 Single Vineyard, 1865 Lmited Edition, Castillo de Molina, 35 South and GatoNegro, which enjoy vibrant success in the most competitive markets.

Elqui Valley

Elqui is the northernmost frontier of Chilean viticulture. It borders on the Atacama Desert. Vines grow close to the sea, under a powerful maritime influence and a cool coastal climate. Its clayey soils, with high mineral content, are perfect for white varieties and reds of finesse and elegance such as Pinot Noir and Syrah. San Pedro has helped pioneer high-quality viticulture in the Elqui—something that did not exist a decade ago.

Casablanca Valley

Casablanca is perhaps the best-known cool valley famous for its Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. It is located north of the Central Valley next the coast. With a cold Mediterranean climate, the valley penetrates into the Coastal Mountains, where the cordillera is lower, allowing the cool breezes from the Pacific to get through, especially in the early morning in the form of “Camanchaca” or morning fog.

Leyda Valley

Leyda Valley is south from Casablanca and is a smaller sub-region within San Antonio. Here the vineyards are less than 14 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. The powerful maritime influence has created special conditions for varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah.

Maipo Valley

The historical center of modern Chilean winemaking. Maipo has a Mediterranean climate, with a large thermal oscillation between day and night of almost 20°C. The annual rainfall is 330 mm concentrated between April and September. The summer is dry with an average high temperature of about 25° C. The soil is loose clayey and stony with lots of riverbank vineyards.

Cachapoal Valley

The vineyards are located right on the piedmont of the Andes Mountains, with a strident thermal oscillation between day and night, and optimal drainage conditions fro obtaining concentrated wines. Fruit matures one and even two weeks later than neighbouring vineyards and the unusual mountain breezes help keep the plants healthy.

Curicó Valley

Home to vineyards with gentle rolling hills and well-drained alluvial soils. This is a real paradise for grape-growing, thanks to Chilean Central Zone’s climate, which is Mediterranean and influenced by the Pacific Ocean. Rains reach an annual average of 600mm, concentrated especially during winter (June to September), followed by a l-o-n-g dry season. The mountains create a low temperatures corridor, which allows a great thermal oscillation up to 15°C during the whole growing season.

Maule Valley

Home to one of the most southern of San Pedro’s farms. Pencahue is an area known for its warm dry climate and uneven stony soils. Here warm weather Syrah and Carmenere are at home. This valley used to be home to simpler more popular wines and today is proving its mettle with dry-farmed reds of terrific natural acidity and elegance.

Bío-Bío Valley

Named after the Bío-Bío River, it is located 800 km south from Santiago, being the southernmost wine region in Chile. It presents Mediterranean climate of warm days and cool nights, which result in a long ripening season. It has a higher average rainfall than the rest of the country, but local winds prevent humidity from having detrimental effects on plant health. The Bio-Bio offers a great diversity of terroirs for white varieties and cooler climate reds such as Pinot Noir. Outstanding among them are Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewürtztraminer and Pinot Noir, which are fast gaining international recognition. This region’s wines are refreshing, modern and aromatic.

Whilst San Pedro’s winemakers are the heirs to a heritage of more than a century and a half of winemaking, they are anything but set in their ways. Beyond the very best origins, climates and soils on its farms, the central source of quality in San Pedro wines is its winemaking team. Our professional and passionate winemaking team is led by some of the best talent in the Chilean industry. Together, these four are responsible for assuring a very particular San Pedro style and quality in each and every wine.

Viña San Pedro’s viticulture and farming responds efficiently to the requirements imposed by intense quality standards. A team of professionals and technical experts has been especially created to develop responsible, efficient and quality driven practices to insure the consistent high standards of quality for our customers. In 2002, VSP implemented an avant-garde Agricultural Management System. This included the use of data collectors on site, doing field tests, which allows to obtain precise and online data regarding detailed progress of each task involved in the productive process.

Resulting speed and precision make it possible to optimize costs, better engage machinery, properly store and deliver materials and supplies. Consequently, the system provides necessary records to ensure full traceability of the final product, and guarantees compliance with Best Agricultural Practices, currently required by responsible and competitive retailers around the world. Viña San Pedro, being aware that these standards complement sustainable agriculture, based its protocol on the one developed by European supermarkets.

Thus, it implemented procedures that include sanitary, social, and environmental issues.
During year 2003, VSP obtained the highest level certification under criteria required by the British Retailer Consortium (BRC). In addition, it implemented the quality assurance system based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Management (HACCP), a tool that ensures innocuousness and strengthens quality of products. This certification was granted by international BVQI (independent certification branch of Bureau Veritas).