VIA Wines was founded in 1998 by a group of friends from different parts of the world who shared a passion for wine. Together they traveled and researched the country’s different wine regions with the dream of creating unique and innovative wines of international attraction. Their tireless search led them to in San Rafael, in the heart of the Maule Valley, where they found the unrivaled terroir conditions they were looking for to turn their dream of VIA Wines into reality. They chose the name VIA from the Latin “The Way” to articulate the vision of a new and bold winery based on Chile’s viticultural diversity but open to the future. The essence of the winery is found in the principle of excellence for making and offering wines of the highest quality to the world. Today VIA Wines owns more than 1,000 hectares of vineyards planted in Chile’s most outstanding wine regions, where they grow the fruit to make the wines that faithfully reflect the spirit of its brands. Over the course of its short history, VIA Wines has become one of Chile’s major exporters of premium wines. The VIA Wines philosophy is based on making unique and innovative wines of the highest quality using the principles of sustainable viticulture and excellence in the wine-making processes. VIA is a winery where diversity predominates and where the human element—our team—is essential. We have an excellent team of carefully selected professionals that combine their talents with a modern outlook that, through excellence, seeks to deliver the highest quality. They are responsible for shaping the character of the winery with innovation and audacity and for sharing their knowledge, intuition, and commitment to offer our consumers the best wines of Chile. Our mission, to make innovative wines of the highest quality in harmony with the environment that reflect their terroir and ensure consumer preference. Our vision, to be recognized as one of Chile’s major wineries by consistently offering wines of superior quality to create sustainable value for our shareholders over time. For VIA Wines the concept of sustainability is based on operating in balance with respect to obtaining a profit that allows us to conduct our business over the long term, be responsible for the progress of our personnel, and rigorously protect the environment at every stage of the wine-making process.