Chile, is a producer of fresh produce and wines; it is such a long country starting above of the tropic of Capricorn and ending in the polar circle. This causes that we have different types of climates, starting up north with tropical and desert climates, in central valleys, mediterranean climates, and along the south humid and rainy climates. This has permitted along the years to developed a food industry, that thirty years ago was unknown to the world, but after hard work in the farms and oceans, with a consistent and responsible political vision, we have created a gourmet industry, that today is recognized in the world.
Fruit & Vegetables Prices
Chile, is one of the biggest producers of fresh produce and vegetables in the world. Along the whole country, we have developed with drip irrigation technologies, the possibility of planting in the desert, over hill and mountains slopes, traditional extended cultivation in central valleys of Santiago, and under green house in the cold weather of southern Chile. Delicious fruits like oranges, grapes, watermelons, cantaloupe and honeydew melons, cherries, plums, apples, custard apples, papaya, avocado, peaches, all the berries, etc. And also abundant vegetable products, like lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini, corn, onions, garlic, spinach, potatoes, carrots, peas etc.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices of produce and vegetables: Click here
Market Price of fresh produce and vegetables (much cheaper): Click here
*Prices in Chile include tax (19%) in their publish price.
Fish & Seafood Prices
Chile has 4.300 Km. (2.670 mi) of coast line, with cold water fresh fish, such us Chilean sea bass, red golden and winter Kingklip, croaker, flounder, Salmon and exquisite seafood, like crab & king crab lobster, oyster, Chilean Wedge Clams—Pink Clams (try Machas a la parmesana or Pink clam parmigiana), and plenty of more of seaproducts that you can enjoy.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices of sea products: Click here (See under pescados y mariscos)
Market Price of sea Products (much cheaper): Clik here (Mark “Todos los productos” and press “Ver informe”)
*Prices in Chile include tax (19%) in their publish price.
Meat & Poultry Prices
Chile has a developed poultry and meat industry, with high standards of quality control, for that is safe to eat pork & beef meat in Chile. As a country during the last 15 years Chile, has applied technologies, to certificate its meat products, for US & European
Market, these standards are what we see in Chile today. Even though, we recommend to supply yourself only in Groceries stores or big butcher’s shop. Do not buy in open markets, they have the fame of selling horse meet instead of cow meet.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices of meat & poultry: Click here (See vacuno, pollo, cerdo also carnes premiums)
Butcher shop prices (prices are almost the same than in supermarket)
*Prices in Chile include tax (19%) in their publish price.
Wines Prices
As probably you have heard or maybe tried, Chile is a well known wine producer (the 5th in the world & going up). This industry has been for centuries part of our culture, but only the last 20 years has been known world widely. It is funny, but on the 80’s, some wines where cheaper than a one litter Coca Cola bottle. In search of getting better prices and new markets, new technologies where incorporated to the industry specially in the initial fermentation and grape juice maceration process in stainless steel tanks, and at the ending process of ageing the wine in wooden barrel, giving a unique personality to each wine. Today, Chilean Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon is famous all over the world, but in 1996 Chilean wine luck was superb. French enologist Jean-Michel Boursiquot , saw that some Merlot varieties took longer to mature. The results of studies concluded that it was the ancient Bordeaux variety of Carmenère, long disappeared since 1860. The former strain was rediscovered, hidden between Chilean Merlot variety introduced in Chile in 1850. Today Carmenere stands like a Chilean symbol of its quality wine.
If you want to see wineries (please click here), we recommend to take a tour when you arrive to Santiago to the famous and nearby Concha y Toro vine yards.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices for wine: Click here
Another place to go, are specialized stores like La Vinoteca (Click here)
*Prices in Chile include tax (19%) in their publish price.
Other Products
- Water: Chilean water, comes from the mountains and have high mineral content, for that they must be purified and treated before arriving to Santiago population. For that Chilean water is safe. Although that, we recommend initially to buy bottle water and slowly get use to Los Andes natural water.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices for bottle spring water: Click here
You can get also water in gallon dispensers (you buy the dispenser for CLP $18.000 (USD 36) and each 20 lt. reload for CLP $3.700 (USD 7.40) check this site to learn more. Click here
*Prices in Chile include tax (19%) in their publish price. - Beer: Because we had a large migration of Germans during the last part of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, and also due to the abundant free trade agreements we have subscribe with many countries in the world, and also and most important of all, cause we are a big fan of this beverage, we have plenty of foreign beer brands and many exquisite Chilean beers.
Grocery store (supermarket) prices for beers: Click here
Some Chilean beers that we recommend:
The Patagonic Austral beer Click here
Kuntsmann Beer Click here
Kross Beer (independent producer & awarded winning) Click here
A big producer of Beer in Chile is CCU (in English abbreviates for United beer companies) Click here
We even have an Oktoberfest Click here
We think, with that we cover all food stuff, if you want to give an idea of what else we should include please send as an email to info@chilerealestates.com.