Chile
The Wines of Chile
Chile stretches almost 3,000 miles from the Atacama Desert in the north to the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego in the south. Never once in this vast stretch of distance does the country span more than 220 miles in width.
The soaring peaks of the Andes encompass a third of the country. The rugged topography is such that three-quarters of the Chilean population live in the flat, central portion of Chile near the capital city of Santiago. Chile has been isolated from the world by its geography. The desert to the north, the tall Andean peaks to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the frozen ice expanse of Antarctica to the south have kept this country and its peoples an “island” onto itself.
