Chile Grape Growing Region

Copiapo to Curico
The Chilean season is almost an exact inverse of that in the San Joaquin Valley, California. In a normal season over 100 million boxes of Table Grapes are produced in Chile, of which approximatly 55 million enter the United States.  Chile’s harvest begins in early November in the Copiapo Valley, located in the desert north.  The harvest continues to the south through the month of April, covering an 800 mile range of this narrow country.

The Pandol organization through alliances with growers/exporters markets their own production over 20 different varieties of grapes from the Copiapo, Vallenar, Vicuña, Ovalle, Aconcagua, San Fernando, Curico and other valleys, providing our customers with a continuous supply of quality Chilean fruit.

The Pandol organization imported its first Chilean grapes in 1966 and has been continuously operating in Chile since 1974. Pandol was one of the first companies to export Chilean fruit to the Far East and South East Asia.  As in California and Mexico, the Pandol Family owns Chilean grape acreage.

Approximately 30% of the Pandol annual grape supply is grown in the Chilean growing regions.

Chilean Product Availability