How do private wine tours from Santiago to the Maipo Valley operate, and what is included?

Every excursion operated by Maipo Valley Wine Tours is strictly private, requiring advance booking with client service available from 09:00 to 18:00 hrs. Full-day and half-day itineraries feature dedicated executive door-to-door transportation from Santiago accommodations (such as The Ritz-Carlton, W Santiago, or Mandarin Oriental). Experiences are led by WSET Level 4 certified sommeliers and local winemakers, combining technical estate visits across Maipo Alto, Isla de Maipo, and Maipo Costa with generous pours (often 10+ tastings on multi-stop routes), local art gallery breakfasts, and authentic vineyard pairing lunches or live-fire country asados.

Which iconic and boutique wineries can be visited on a private Maipo Valley day trip?

Itineraries encompass both world-renowned benchmark producers and exclusive family-run boutique estates throughout the valley. Depending on the selected tour, guests access historic icon producers such as Don Melchor and Almaviva in Puente Alto, Concha y Toro and Santa Rita in the Andean foothills, as well as renowned boutique and heritage cellars including De Martino, Santa Ema, Undurraga, and boutique coastal producers in Maipo Costa. Custom journeys can also integrate high-end valley extensions to Casablanca, Colchagua, and Aconcagua.

Are the wine tastings led by certified sommeliers or winemakers?

Yes. Unlike standard mass-transit bus excursions, all private tours are hosted by English-speaking WSET Level 4 certified sommeliers, dedicated oenologists, or estate winemakers. Guests participate in technical walks through pre-phylloxera vineyards, barrel tastings, library vintage samplings, and structured vertical flights of icon wines, gaining direct insight into terroir, soil composition, and cellar practices without commercial rush.

What outdoor and family-friendly experiences are available alongside wine tastings?

Maipo Valley Wine Tours integrates low-impact outdoor activities and multi-generational itineraries alongside fine wine tastings. Options include gentle horseback riding trails through historic vineyard estates, shaded canopy cycling across Isla de Maipo, and biodiversity trekking through the Cantillana Coastal Range followed by private live-fire barbecues. Family outings feature hands-on encounters such as interactive beekeeping workshops, artisan chocolate-making masterclasses, and farm visits tailored for children.

How far in advance must a private wine tour or bespoke itinerary be booked?

All tours require strictly advance reservation due to the private nature of estate access, winemaker scheduling, and dedicated executive logistics. Walk-ins, immediate, and same-day bookings are not accepted. Standard catalog private itineraries can be booked directly through maipovalleywinetours.com, while tailor-made private journeys—including helicopter logistics, vertical tastings of icon labels, and multi-valley luxury itineraries—are designed on demand via web inquiry or email consultation.

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Curated Day Trips & Tailor-Made Wine Journeys Across Chile’s Premier Terroirs

Maipo Valley Wine Tours curates the best food and wine tours in Santiago, delivering dedicated private day trips to the Maipo Valley—the historic cradle of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, celebrated for iconic labels like Don Melchor and Almaviva—as well as premier wine regions including Casablanca, Colchagua, Apalta, and Aconcagua.

Designed for couples, families, and private groups of friends, our day trips and multi-day wine adventures are hosted by WSET Level 4 certified local sommeliers and include executive door-to-door transportation directly from your accommodation in Santiago. Every private journey combines world-class Chilean wines with outdoor exploration, featuring technical cellar tastings, vineyard bike rides, equestrian trails, and vineyard pairing lunches highlighted by authentic live-fire country asados across boutique family estates, landmark vineyards, and historic casonas.

We back every experience with over 12 years of specialized luxury wine travel design in Chile, ensuring unhurried pacing, generous pours, and direct engagement with regional winemakers.

Curated Day Trips & Tailor-Made Wine Journeys Across Chile’s Premier Terroirs

We back every experience with over 12 years of specialized luxury wine travel design in Chile, ensuring unhurried pacing, generous pours, and direct engagement with regional winemakers.

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Explore the definitive private enotourism map for Santiago and the Maipo Valley: locate historic producers and family-run boutique properties across premier terroirs, including Pirque, Puente Alto, and Isla de Maipo. Designed for seamless trip planning with executive door-to-door transportation from your Santiago accommodation, this cartographic guide pinpoints benchmark estates—such as Concha y Toro, Santa Rita, Undurraga, Santa Ema, and De Martino—for private cellar tours, technical barrel tastings, and vineyard pairing lunches hosted by WSET Level 4 sommeliers.

Testimonies

The little wine bus

An Incredibly Special Day

alenc18

This is not your typical wine tour, it is so much more! We had a group of 12 and upon arriving at our first stop…a very talented local artist’s home where we had breakfast in her garden, we knew it was going to be a great day. Our guide, Cristian, quickly became our friend and was so incredibly knowledgeable and a joy to listen to…about wine, yes, but also about Chile and its current events and climate. Felipe, Constanza and Cristian…thank you for this once in a lifeti...

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Customized Women’s Group Tour

womentravelsrvcs

We cannot say enough how much we enjoyed our private tours with Maipo Valley Wine Tours! They customized a tour for our group of 17 ladies, provided comfortable transportation and an excellent guide (Christian) who introduced us to the beautiful wine country of Chile. Highly recommend!!

Wine trekking tour

Great mix of hiking, local cuisine & colour and a premium wine tour & tasting

Davidoschall

A nice mix of hiking, local colour and a wine tasting.The tour starts with a delicious simple breakfast (country eggs and local bread) at a local artist’s fascinating country house in the Maipo Valley.Then a medium rated hike at the Alto de Cantillana – about 5-6k with lots of ups and downs (it’s not a circular walk). Good boots are recommended, and sunscreen on a hot day.Then either a BBQ during the hike or a country restaurant at the end. We went for the latter – to ...

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ericbJ5109OY

Fantastic day. Great wine. Beautiful scenery. Great food. Knowledgeable guides. Not sure how it could have been better. Thank you.

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Maipo Valley Wine Tours Private Tour : Maipo Valley For Wine Lovers

PineHills02360

Highly recommended! This was a full and perfect day in and around tranquil and picturesque Isla de Maipo in the Maipo Valley wine region. Anyone visiting the Santiago area who appreciates (at any level) wine should not miss this opportunity.The Maipo Valley Wine Tours Team are great hosts, not only for the wine region tour but for their beautiful country as well.Felipe is the consummate guide and coordinator – everything was planned and executed seamlessly and in such a warm and engag...

Wine bike tour

An absolute blast of a day

davidgrahammd

We were picked up by Filipe at 0830 then headed to the Maipo Valley. Along the way, we picked up our bike gude, Christian, who made the day so much more enjoyable. His previous experience in the wine industry, along with his entire life story, made for great conversations while we cycled.The terrain is pretty flat, making it a very doable experience for people who make doubt their conditioning.The vistas, along with the working vineyards we cycled through were absolutely stunning!...