Fernando Ureta

Fernando's Story

"Always my passion was the land, being in contact with the nature - and in high school, I studied Agronomist which is the first step to get involved with winemaking. The grapes got my attention easily, so I continued to study Oenology in Chile. And after four harvests, I continued to train doing a PHD at Bordeaux University.

I am third generation winemaker at my family estate in Chile, and I cannot dream of doing anything else!

There are four key things I remember when producing wines:

1. Respect and listen to the vineyards, year by year it teaches you new secrets
2. Winemaking is not magic, the vines are the key success for a good wine. There’s nothing you can do with bad quality grapes
3. Winemaking is a mix of art and science, in school you see only science in winemaking, the experience shows you the art of it
4. Learn, learn and learn … and then learn again

The best thing about being a winemaker? At the end of each harvest, drinking my babies!