Miguel first acquired a small winery in Curicó, in the Chilean central valley in 1979, and was the first foreign company to back Chilean vineyard production. Today, after almost thirty years, those 100 hectares acquired then have turned into 445 hectares of vineyards owned by the company itself. The excellent climate conditions for cultivating grapevines free of phylloxera, have contributed to the fact that sublime wines are being made here. Torres has carried out exhaustive studies of the soil, research into irrigation and the introduction of new grape varieties. Thanks to their making and understanding wine, Bodegas Miguel Torres is today one of the leading wine-making companies in Chile.