Pre-earthquak eChile Wine Annual USDA FAS

Chile’s wine production expanded again in CY2009, as weather has been good in most growing areas and additional new planted areas are coming into production. A smaller output is expected for CY2010 as unusual freezing weather affected vineyards in most production area. Chile has an estimated 8,000 producers of wine grapes. Planted area has increased over 70 percent during the last 8 years.