During the February harvest season in Chile’s Leyda Valley, a cool-climate winegrowing region located alongside the country’s central coastline, I visited the winery that gave its name to the region.

Viña Leyda was founded in 1998 and has since been focused on developing vineyards in key areas, covering the hillsides that dramatically slope down toward the Maipo river and the sparkling Pacific Ocean in the distance, for grape varieties like pinot noir and sauvignon blanc. Continue reading →