Bodegas RE winery: wine tastings, cellar tours and what to expect

Bodegas RE tours and wine tasting prices

There are several ways to visit, and the differences matter. The basic tour does not include wine, while the dearer options add more wines, food pairings and private rooms.

The winery advertises these prices in Chilean pesos on its official wine-tourism page:

Source: Bodegas RE wine-tourism menu, October 2026. Prices are per person unless marked per group. The wines poured can change between packages, so confirm the lineup when you book.

Which tour should you choose?

Cheapest introduction: RE Tour, CLP 15,000 per person. Choose this if you are curious about the building, the history and the traditional vessels but don’t need a tasting. Confirm the exact route before paying.

Best for most visitors: REencuentro Tour, CLP 35,000 per person. You get the full winery tour with three wines and a pairing board, a sensible middle ground on a first visit.

Best for wine enthusiasts: REvelation Tour, CLP 45,000 per person. Five wines give you more chance to compare the blends, and it suits you if you enjoy talking about blending and technique.

If you are short of time, the cellar tastings (REdoble, REcreation and Joy) take place in the underground cellar without the full winery tour.

What about premium and private experiences?

The Majestic RE Tour is a private visit with a longer look at the winery’s history and a premium tasting in a private room, at CLP 294,000 for a group of up to six. Confirm the featured wines when you book.

The winery also sells longer experiences, each with its own booking rules:

These suit you if you would rather spend several hours in one place than rush between three or four vineyards.

What happens during a Bodegas RE winery tour?

The order and the rooms depend on your ticket, but the full tour includes several stops.

The ancestral grape garden

The visit can begin in the winery’s garden of older grape varieties. It shows that Chilean wine history goes well beyond today’s best-known international grapes. Ask your guide how Chile’s traditional vines connect to the modern export industry and to RE’s experiments.

The liqueur and balsamic rooms

Bodegas RE also makes products beyond wine. The standard guided route includes the rooms for liqueurs and balsamic products, where you see the extra flavors and processes the winery works with. These rooms add interest if you have already toured conventional estates.

The underground cellar

Pay most attention here. The underground cellar holds the clay vessels and barrels side by side, linking RE’s interest in ancestral winemaking with its modern production.

Ask which wines are currently in clay, which in barrel, and how the styles differ. Not every wine is made the same way, so don’t assume everything here is amphora-fermented.

The guided tasting

If you booked a tasting, your guide pours a selected flight of the winery’s wines. Depending on the package, the board can include bread, cheese, olives, dried fruit, olive oil and balsamic products.

The wines on the published menus sometimes differ between listings, so treat any lineup as an example, not a promise.

The winery shop

The visit can finish at Emporio RE, where you can browse wines and other products. If you find a bottle you love, ask whether it is sold abroad: some small-production wines are hard to find once you leave Chile.

Bodegas RE wines to try

The names are part of the fun, but there are real winemaking ideas behind them.

RE Pinotel. An easy way into the winery’s blending philosophy. Look at how Pinot Noir works with the other grape in the release you are tasting, and confirm the exact blend from the bottle or your guide.

RE Chardonnoir. An intriguing name if you are interested in the line between white and red winemaking. Ask which version is being poured: the winery makes more than one Chardonnoir.

RE Cabergnan. Cabernet Sauvignon with Carignan. The winery describes it as a red with berry and spice aromas, and it shows how Cabernet’s structure meets Carignan’s freshness.

RE Syranoir. Syrah and Pinot Noir from Casablanca fruit. A good comparison if you already know how each grape tastes on its own.

What should you taste first?

If you are fairly new to wine, follow your guide’s order, from lighter wines to fuller reds.

If you already know Chilean wine, focus on the blends you would never order at home. Ask how the clay jars change the way RE ferments or ages a wine; that conversation teaches you more than naming the fruit in each glass.

Bodegas RE’s best-known wines don’t all come from vines in Casablanca Valley. Some use grapes from elsewhere in Chile, including Maule, as part of the winery’s wider approach.

Can you have lunch at Bodegas RE?

Yes, but a tasting board is not a full meal. Standard tastings come with cheese, bread, dried fruit and other small bites meant to go with the wines, not to replace lunch.

For a longer visit, book the Pairing RE meal (CLP 95,000 per person, Monday to Friday, 48 hours’ notice) or, from September to April, the Picnic RE (CLP 60,000 for two, wine not included, 24 hours’ notice). Check dietary options and minimum numbers when you reserve.

If you would rather eat in a conventional vineyard restaurant, taste at Bodegas RE and have lunch elsewhere in the valley. Our guide to Casablanca Valley wineries with restaurants lists the options, and Tanino at Casas del Bosque is the usual choice on tours.

Practical tip: a restaurant stop on a third-party wine tour does not mean lunch is included. Check whether the meal is prepaid or paid on the day.

How to get to Bodegas RE

Bodegas RE is at Camino Lo Ovalle, km 1, near the town of Casablanca in Chile’s Valparaíso Region. The valley lies between Santiago and the Pacific coast, so you can reach it from the capital or from Valparaíso and Viña del Mar.

From Santiago

Drive west on Ruta 68 towards Valparaíso. Chile’s official tourism board gives about 80 km and an hour from Santiago to Casablanca Valley. Allow 1 to 1.5 hours each way in normal conditions, more in heavy holiday or weekend traffic.

A car lets you plan your own winery route, but whoever drives should not drink.

From Valparaíso or Viña del Mar

The valley is closer to the coast: about 40 km and 40 minutes from Valparaíso, according to Chile Travel. From the coast, Bodegas RE makes an easy half-day trip, and one of the Casablanca Valley wine tours from Valparaíso stops there. You can also stop on a drive between Santiago and Valparaíso if your schedule leaves time for a pre-booked tasting.

Can you visit without a car?

Yes, although it takes more planning. Buses connect Santiago with Casablanca town but do not stop at the wineries, so you need a taxi or a booked transfer for the last stretch. To taste without worrying about driving, a guided day with transport is the easiest option. Our guide on how to get to Casablanca Valley from Santiago covers buses, transfers and driving.

Bodegas RE wine tours from Santiago: what can you book?

You don’t have to book with the winery. Several guided Casablanca Valley tours include Bodegas RE with other estates and transport from Santiago, which works well on a first trip to Chile when you want several styles of winemaking in a day. Our Bodegas RE tours page compares every one on this site.

Option 1: shared multi-winery tour

Best for: first-time visitors, couples and travelers who want several wineries.

The Four Casablanca Wineries tour pairs Bodegas RE with Emiliana and Casa del Molle, a good contrast between organic farming and experimental winemaking. It runs about 10 hours with pickup from your accommodation and a lunch stop at Tanino that you pay for, from $139 per person with 4.8 from 671 Viator reviews.

The Casablanca Valley 4 Vineyards tour swaps Casa del Molle for Casa Valle Viñamar’s sparkling wines and runs nine hours, from $149 per person with 4.9 from 148 Viator reviews. Choose the Four Wineries day for the bigger review record, or the 4 Vineyards day if sparkling wine matters more to you.

What to check: whether the Bodegas RE stop includes the full tour or only a cellar tasting. They are not the same visit.

Option 2: private Casablanca Valley wine tour

Best for: couples, small groups and travelers who want flexibility.

A private tour lets you spend longer at one winery or shape the route around your interests. The private Bodegas RE and Emiliana tour lists its RE tasting in advance, four wines (Pinotel, Chardonnoir, Mediterráneo and VIGNO) with a board of bread, olives, cheese, RE olive oil and wine balm, then a tasting at Emiliana and time for lunch at a third vineyard at your own expense. It runs 6 to 8 hours from $275 per person, with 4.8 from 16 Viator reviews.

For Casas del Bosque instead of Emiliana, the private Casas del Bosque and RE Wineries tour includes a tasting at each over 5 to 7 hours, from $240 per person with 4.7 from 42 Viator reviews; lunch is not included. The private Emiliana, Bodega RE and Casas del Bosque tour visits all three in 7 to 8 hours from $329 per person, with 4.5 from only 8 Viator reviews. Read our private Casablanca Valley wine tours comparison for the rest.

Option 3: visit Bodegas RE independently

Best for: visitors most interested in the cellar, the clay vessels or a longer tasting.

If Bodegas RE is your main reason for visiting the valley, book directly. You can choose a package with more wines, ask detailed questions and avoid the tight schedule of a multi-stop day. Book on the official Bodegas RE wine-tourism page.

A tour and a direct booking can include different visits even when both name Bodegas RE, so compare the exact tasting package.

How Bodegas RE compares with other Casablanca Valley wineries

Casablanca’s wineries are not all offering the same visit, and Bodegas RE is the one that differs most from the valley’s better-known cool-climate estates.

If you are choosing just one winery to learn the classic Casablanca varieties, Bodegas RE is not the most typical choice. If you have already tasted the valley’s Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Noir, its different approach makes it an excellent second stop. On a first visit, pair it with a more conventional cool-climate winery for the contrast: our Emiliana winery guide and Casas del Bosque winery guide cover the usual partners, and the best Casablanca Valley wineries page profiles the rest.

Best time to visit Bodegas RE

Bodegas RE is open all year, although tour options and seasonal activities change.

The underground cellar is the main sight, so a visit here does not depend on good weather. For a classic vineyard holiday, late summer and early autumn are especially pleasant. March and April can bring harvest activity, although the timing depends on the year, the grape and the winery. For a quieter visit, go on a weekday outside the main holiday periods.

Are Sunday tours available?

Yes, with a limit. The winery opens on Sundays from 11:00 to 17:30, but on Sundays it runs tastings only with the underground-cellar tour, not the full winery circuit. Check your chosen experience before you travel.

What to know before you book

• Reserve before paying. Bodegas RE asks you to confirm availability with its team before you buy an experience, by phone on +56 9 9345 9114 or by email.
• Check your package. The RE Tour has no wine, and the other packages differ in the number of wines and the areas you visit.
• Confirm the language. The winery lists English, Spanish and Portuguese, but check that your session runs in your language.
• Allow enough time. Plan on about 60 to 90 minutes for a guided visit with a tasting, and confirm the length with the winery.
• Wear comfortable shoes. You walk through several buildings and down into the cellar.
• Bring a layer. Casablanca mornings can be cool, and the cellar feels cooler than outside.
• Don’t drive after tasting. Arrange a designated driver, a private transfer or a guided tour.
• Ask about accessibility. The cellar is underground, so confirm step-free access and the route if anyone in your group has mobility needs.
• Check family arrangements. Children can join some visits, but confirm with the winery what they can do, since wine is served only to adults.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bodegas RE worth visiting?

Yes, particularly if you are interested in unconventional wines, traditional clay vessels or Chilean winemaking history. The underground cellar and the blends set it apart from most other Casablanca Valley wineries.

How much does a Bodegas RE wine tasting cost?

Cellar tastings cost CLP 24,000 for two wines, CLP 35,000 for four and CLP 45,000 for six, each with a pairing board. The RE Tour without wine is CLP 15,000, and the full tours with three to seven wines cost CLP 35,000 to 60,000 per person. The private Majestic RE Tour is CLP 294,000 for up to six people. These are October 2026 prices from the winery’s site. To compare them with the other estates and with tours from Santiago, see our page on Casablanca Valley wine tasting prices.

What is Bodegas RE famous for?

Unusual blends with invented names such as Chardonnoir and Cabergnan, its traditional clay tinajas and amphorae, and its mix of ancestral winemaking methods with modern knowledge.

Who founded Bodegas RE?

Chilean winemaker Pablo Morandé Lavín founded it with his family in 2008. Morandé was a pioneer of the modern Casablanca Valley as a cool-climate wine region.

Does Bodegas RE make organic wine?

The winery stresses environmental care and traditional methods, but that does not make every wine certified organic or biodynamic. If certified organic wine is your priority, check the labels or visit Emiliana.

Does Bodegas RE offer food with its tastings?

Yes. The tasting packages come with a pairing board of products such as cheese, bread, olives, dried fruit and the winery’s olive oil or balsamic. For a meal, book the Pairing RE (Monday to Friday, 48 hours’ notice) or, from September to April, the Picnic RE.

Can I visit Bodegas RE without a tour?

The shop keeps advertised opening hours, but don’t expect to see the production rooms or the cellar without a booking. Contact the winery before you arrive if you only want to shop or taste.

Is Bodegas RE open on Sundays?

Yes, from 11:00 to 17:30. On Sundays the tastings run only with the underground-cellar tour.

Is Bodegas RE suitable for beginners?

Yes. The styles are unusual, but the guided tasting explains how each wine is made, and curious beginners often enjoy it most.

How far is Bodegas RE from Santiago?

About 80 km west of Santiago in the Casablanca Valley. Expect 1 to 1.5 hours of driving in normal conditions, longer in heavy traffic.

Can I book a tour of Bodegas RE through Viator or GetYourGuide?

Yes. On Viator, the shared Four Casablanca Wineries and 4 Vineyards days and three private tours on this site stop at Bodegas RE. On GetYourGuide, a $550 private tour adds a Casas del Bosque premium tasting and a Viñamar stop, but it has only 3 reviews so far. Itineraries can change, so check the current listing before you book.

Should Bodegas RE be on your Casablanca Valley itinerary?

Bodegas RE is one of the valley’s most interesting stops if you want to understand how differently Chilean wine can be made, not only what it tastes like. The cellar, the old clay jars and the oddly named wines tell a story that goes beyond Casablanca’s modern reputation for Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.

It is not the place for a long lunch overlooking manicured vineyards. Come for the experiments, the history and wines you are unlikely to have tasted before.

On a first visit, book the REencuentro Tour. If you love wine, a longer tasting or the private Majestic tour gives you more time with the winery’s ideas. Without a car, a guided multi-winery day that includes Bodegas RE shows you how varied Casablanca wine country can be. Check availability with the winery or the tour before you set your date, because Sunday visits and seasonal experiences run on their own schedules.

For more on tastings across the valley, read our guide to wine tasting in Casablanca Valley.

Sources and further reading

• Bodegas RE: wine tourism, for the tasting and tour menu, prices and conditions.
• Bodegas RE: contact channels, for opening hours, phone and email.
• Chile Travel: Casablanca Valley, for distances from Santiago and Valparaíso.
• The World’s 50 Best Discovery: Bodegas RE, for background on the winery.
• SERNATUR: Bodegas RE, Chile’s official register of tourism services.