Helping to reforest the Viña del Mar Botanical Garden
Gran Reserva not only reforests its own fields. After the fires that consumed 90% of this important garden, they supported with the donation of 2,000 native trees that seek to bring life back to the park.
Celebrating the existence of trees and raising awareness about the importance of their conservation, both outside and inside forests, cities or mountains, is the purpose behind World Tree Day, which is commemorated this June 28.
Essential for life on our planet, the tree – among many other functions – transforms carbon dioxide (responsible for the greenhouse effect), minimizes the risk of flooding and prevents erosion. For this reason, the wave of fires that affected the Fifth Region of Chile in February 2024, and whose catastrophic consequences consumed more than 90% of the Viña del Mar Botanical Garden, did not leave Viña Concha y Toro indifferent, nor its Gran Reserva brand.
This is the species that “is currently being propagated in the Rauque Nursery, located in Pencahue, near the Lourdes farm, through the sowing of Quillay seeds collected on our Villa Alegre farm,” adds Pablo Lagos. Who refers to the work they do in this 1,000m2 nursery, where each year they plant between 15,000 and 20,000 native plants
The planting of these 2,000 trees has not been carried out because has to be on the planting season to ensure their survival. However, the trees have already been delivered to the Botanical Garden authorities, who will seek to bring life back to this importante park.
This is another action that demonstrates Gran Reserva’s commitment to the environment, although it is not the first time it has been done. In 2023 they also provided similar support to the Municipality of Quirihue, to which they delivered 2,000 native Quillay and Hawthorn spice trees.
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We comply with the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and legal responsibility to balance benefit and purpose.
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The Gran Reserva vineyards are an important part of the project to conserve native forest areas and protect local biodiversity. Our native forests have the ability to retain rainwater and control the kind of climate change that results from water shortages.
We take care of 1,432 hectares of protected forests and, on average per vineyard, a total of 105 species of fauna and 48 species of registered flora.
Our effort to preserve nature begins with responsible water consumption. 99% of the water we use comes from surface and subterranean sources.
Our vineyards are drip irrigated, which translates to a 90% efficiency on water consumption, and over the past 3 years, we’ve reduced our water footprint by 10%.
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100% of the electricity used to make the wines in the Gran Reserva collection come from renewable sources, including solar energy.
Concha y Toro has been certified under the Wines of Chile Sustainability Code since 2012, which means that our vineyards are officially recognized as sustainable vineyards.
The wines in our Gran Reserva collection are crafted entirely from estate-owned grapes in sustainably managed vineyards.
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