Chile starts the grape harvest season with more than 40 festivals

Are you looking for a different way to extend the summer with good wine, gastronomy and traditions?

The 2026 Grape Harvest Festival season is packed: over 40 celebrations from Arica y Parinacota to La Araucanía, with activities for couples, friends, or family.

The route starts on February 13th, 14th and 15th with the Palmilla Grape Harvest Festival and extends until May 29th with the University of Talca's University Grape Harvest, ideal for those who want to keep travelling beyond the typical summer destinations.

In recent years, the Grape Harvest Festivals have become consolidated as unique tourist experiences, where wine is the starting point to experience the territory, its culture and its identity. More than just a one-off event, today they are planned, awaited and recommended panoramas that attract different audiences and motivate weekend getaways throughout the country.

They are not just tastings: they are complete experiences.

According to the Visitors Profile 2025, elaborated by the Undersecretary of Tourism, Enoturismo Chile and the University of Talca, the public is mostly female (61%) and with strong local roots, as 77.9% of the attendees come from the same region where the festival is held. In addition, 26.3% are attending their first grape harvest, while 62.2% participate in one or more per season, demonstrating a high level of loyalty.

In addition to this, the experience was highly valued: 79.2% of the attendees rated the grape harvests with a score of 6 or 7, highlighting aspects such as safety, attention at the stands and the ease of access to glasses and tasting tickets, key elements for enjoying these events with peace of mind.

The 2026 calendar offers a diversity of proposals throughout Chile. Traditional and emblematic grape harvests - such as the Curicó Grape Harvest Festival, the oldest in the country, or the Colchagua Grape Harvest, one of the most massive and renowned - coexist with celebrations that stand out for their identity and uniqueness.

Among them, a grape harvest in the middle of the desert in the Pampa del Tamarugal; an urban grape harvest in Barrio Italia, which brings the countryside to the city; the Pirque Wine Festival, which celebrates its 100th anniversary with more than 30 vineyards; rural experiences with traditional milling and country gastronomy; and unique panoramas such as the “memory train” in the Aconcagua Valley.

To facilitate planning and access to this wide range of events, Corfo's Enoturismo Chile has made available to the public the Harvest Map on its website, a practical tool that allows you to search for festivals by date, valley or type of event, check how to get there and find out the schedule of each celebration, facilitating informed and accessible participation.

“One of the main challenges has been to organise and make this information available in a clear and useful way for people. Today, through the Harvest Map, anyone can plan their visit in advance, find out about the dates, how to get there and experience the grape harvest in a much simpler and more complete way,” says Alicia Ortiz, manager of Enoturismo Chile.

Harvests with a Seal: outstanding experiences at the national level

This season also invites you to get to know the 8 Grape Harvest Festivals that have been awarded the Chile 2025 Grape Harvest Seal (Colchagua, Curicó, Casablanca, Isla de Maipo, Marchigüe, Portezuelo, Valle del Maipo and Universitaria U. de Talca), a recognition that distinguishes celebrations that meet standards of good practices, quality in organisation and focus on the visitor experience.

This season we also have 18 Harvest Festivals that are applying for the 2026 Seal, 8 for renewal and 10 new ones, committed to promoting continuous improvement in services, staging and links with the territory.

Check the Harvest Map and plan your next harvest at: https://www.enoturismochile.cl/mapa-de-vendimias/

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