Santiago, Chile - Cocha y Toro Vineyards |
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Cocha y Toro Vineyards |
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3-5 years away from the table |
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Angie & Ana tasting Carmenere |
To the cellars |
French and American Oak Barrels.....mmmmm fermentation |
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Debbie, Me, Ana, Brian, Angie, Kristin and random guy |
We lost random guy |
Precious vino |
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The Devil's cellar |
El Diablo |
Slightly drunk, time for the ride back to the hotel |
Santiago |
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The Mapocho River dividing Santiago |
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Paparrazo, posing and pooped |
On the way from Santiago to Portillo |
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Foothills to the Andes |
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A hint of what's to come |
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Runoff |
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The Mapocho River runs down from the Andes through Santiago |
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The Carabineros have blocked the road due to snow, but for $100US the Portillo helicopter will take you the rest of the way |
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Trucks line the road waiting for the pass to Argentina to open after a snowstorm |
Locals wait while the Caribineros let the vehicles carrying tourists line up passed the gate |
Loosing daylight and still climbing |
Still climbing |
Still below the treeline |
Approaching about 8000 feet |
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Juncalillo lift |
Sunset over the Andes |
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Aconcagua |
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Welcome to the Hotel Portillo |
Debbie & Kristin at check-in |
checking in |
that's not even all of our bags, there's more |
The lake |
Lift up to Plateau & Tio Bob's |
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Debbie ready to hit the trails |
Debbie, Kristin, Ana, Angie and Brian |
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Brian, Ana, Kristin, Debbie & Angie |
Snowing pretty heavy |
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Brian boarding |
Brian and Ana |
Brian on the lift to David's Run |
Kristin, Mr. Snow, Angie |
Mr. Snow, Kristin, Angie and Ana |
Break time |
In the pool in the snow |
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Hoops |
The lake at night |
Ojos de Agua and Los Tres Hermanos above Lake of the Incas |
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Lake Of The Incas |
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Debbie and I at the top of Las Lomas |
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Chilean Army learning to ski |
Full quad |
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Surface lift time |
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Ana, Margeaux and Kristin |
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Angie resting |
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Debbie found the puppy |
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Can ya hear the howl? |
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The money shot |
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The three brothers above Lake of the Incas |
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Beautiful sunset |
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"I took a digger" |
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Plateau |
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Ana and Brian resting after a run down Plateau with Angie watching |
Here I come, pulling up the rear. |
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Debbie petting Frida |
or was it Margeaux, never did that straight |
Doublemint twins on the lift |
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Angie, Ana & Kristin |
Debbie at Tio Bob's |
Tio Bob's |
View of the Hotel Portillo from Tio Bob's |
Ana going for the edge |
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Kristin and Debbie |
Me |
Brian and Ana |
Debbie and I |
Lunch crowd at Tio Bob's |
Do I need to say more? |
Parrillada, and no the pic isn't photoshopped. The background just looks like a backdrop. |
A happy man with his longaniza |
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Chilean flag flies over Tio Bob's |
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Best lunch ever served at over 10,000 feet. Mmmmmm, parrillada |
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The doublemint twins |
Father and son at Tio Bob's |
Aconcagua |
Lunch crowd |
This Brazilian girl was everywhere we turned |
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Brian and Ana on Bob's roof |
Ana and Brian on the roof of Tio Bob's |
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Anna, Brian, Me, Kristen and Angie on the roof of Tio Bob's |
Brian finds powder in the afternoon |
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The hotel from David's Run |
Hotel from Canejo |
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One of the final runs with Aconcagua in the background |
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Kristen |
Model shoot by the hot tub |
Model shoot by the hot tub |
Is it me or is the snow melting |
Debbie, me, Marcos (our waiter for the week), Brian, Ana, Kristin and Angie |
Found a place to sleep |
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Snow cats prepping for the night's work |
Getting ready for the torch parade down Plateau |
Here they come |
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Ooooh, Ahhhhhh |
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Angie, Kristin, Ana, Brian and Debbie |
Hotel Portillo |
Juncalillo lift |
The Juncalillo run crosses over the tunnels on the road |
On the way down from Portillo |
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Back down below the treeline, typical town surrounding the area |
Goodbye Andes |
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Cross made from a bent fork |
Sunset over the Andes |
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Angie, Ana, Debbie, Kristin and Brian at the market |
Sunset on the Andes |
Welcome to Underagga Vineyards |
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Underagga Vineyards |
Debbie at Underagga |
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Wine waiting for bottling at Underagga |
Sr. Underagga's office |
Museum section of the Underagga Wine Cellar |
Reserve wine aging |
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Post vino singing |
There's a story behind these empanadas |
Castle Hidalgo atop Santa Lucia Hill in Santiago |
Caupolican |
Entrance to Castle Hidalgo |
Allende statue on the plaza of La Moneda |
Carabineros guarding La Moneda in Santiago |
Ana y Debbie con un carabinero |