About Tremonte

Origin

The name Tremonte reflects the names of the mountains that directly influence our hillside vineyard; the Andes Mountains, the Coastal Mountains and the Mount Rekewa on which our vineyard is planted. However the name was also chosen to reflect three geographic origins; Chile, Canada and England.

 

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Chile, home of our vineyard Estate, one of the World's most beautiful and diverse countries which houses the driest desert on Earth, some of the highest mountains in the southern hemisphere, and millennium glaciers which end at the southernmost continental point on the planet before Antarctica. Chile is also home of our Manager of Administration, Paola Miranda Contreras, our Wine Maker Karina Contreras Donoso and our Vineyard Manager Romeo Hidalgo Venegas.

 

Canada, home of the Corporate Officers, President Silvio Di Gregorio, Secretary Bruno Di Gregorio, Treasurer John Simperl and Marketing Vice President Murray Walberg.

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Silvio & Bruno

come from a familiar background where they grew up as young boys on their family's vineyard in Italy. In Canada, they have founded and manage a major Highway Construction Company, numerous Commercial and Residential Development Companies and the World Class Whitewater Golf Course and residential community. However, their Italian roots would eventually take them back into the vineyard, only this time in Chile.

 

England

is the birthplace of shareholder, Ian Hutcheon. Ian arrived in South America in the mid 90's and has worked in many areas of the wine industry in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Ian lives just a few kilometers from the Tremonte Estate.

 

We also have a dedicated team of friendly and very professional vineyard personnel. The hilly nature of the Estate makes it more difficult to manage than other vineyards, but the team does a fantastic job in keeping the vineyard clean and in pristine condition for the grapes to thrive.

 

 

Eco-Tremonte

At Tremonte, we don't like to leave a trace wherever we go, and we make our wines with the same respect for nature.

We have taken the following steps to help minimize our impact on the environment and reduce water and energy waste:

  • Our 100% drip system vineyard irrigation uses 10 times less water than conventional flood irrigation, and is much cleaner.
  • We do not use tanks with external cooling jacket systems. Our internal tank cooling coils use 4 times less energy than the external cooling jacket systems.
  • A new water treatment plant being installed this year will allow us to clean and reuse water on other areas of the property.
  • Our Barrel room makes use of thick adobe walls and heavy, used colonial tiles resulting in zero energy consumption to keep our wines cool during the aging process.
  • We use the new Eco-Bottle to help reduce the carbon footprint of our wines.