About the Winery
Founded: 2004 by Alexander & Carrie Vik (Norwegian entrepreneurs)
Location: Millahue, Cachapoal Valley, Chile
Estate Size: 4,300 hectares, 327 hectares under vine (400 parcels)
Philosophy: Innovative, holistic approach—excellence in wine, art, and hospitality
Awards
- Descorchados Wine Guide 2025 – VIK 2021 was awarded Top Red Wine of the Year, Best Red Blend, and Best Cachapoal Entre Cordilleras. StoneVIK 2023 earned the Revelation Award.
- James Suckling Top 100 Wines of the World – VIK 2021 scored 100 points (#6 globally, #1 Chile/South America)
- World’s Best Vineyards – Ranked #2 worldwide (2024), previously #3-#14 (2020–2023)
- Drink Business Global Masters 2025 – Gold for VIK “A” Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
- Wine Blast (Susie & Peter Awards) – Red Wine Innovation Award for VIK “A” Cabernet Nouveau.
- Le Figaro – Top 30 Wines of the World – VIK 2021 included with 96 points and named Best Chilean Wine.
- Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge
Wines
All wines are blends from the vineyards, except for Champagne which come from Ay (France). Blend percentages fluctuate between vintages.
| Name | Main variety | First vintage |
| VIK | Cabernet Sauvignon | 2009 |
| La Piu Belle | Carménère | 2012 |
| Milla Cala | Cabernet Sauvignon | 2019 |
| La Piu Belle Rosé | Cabernet Sauvignon | |
| VIK “A” – Cabernet Sauvignon – Carmenère – Cabernet Franc | 2021 | |
| La Più Belle – Champagne | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir | 2009 |
| Omega | Carménère | 2022 |
| StoneVIK | Cabernet Franc | 2023 |
- www.vikwine.com
- europe.vikwine.com | VIK Wine store | EUROPE
- @vik_wine | Instagram
- @VIKWine | YouTube
- Viña Vik (Wikipedia)
- www.winesofchile.org
- southamericawineguide.com
Location & Terroir
Viña VIK is located in the south-west corner of the Cachapoal valley where the Coastal Range makes a semi-circle, separating Cachapoal from Coalchagua.
The winery is surrounded by mountains except for the North-East side, which connects to the Cachapoal Valley.
Millahua means the Golden Place in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche.
Key People
- Cristián Vallejo – Chief Winemaker
- Priscilla Fernandez – Enologist
- Patrick Valette & Gonzague de Lambert – French consultants
- Alexander Vik – Owner
Cristián Vallejo
Cristián Vallejo is responsible for overseeing both viticulture (grape growing) and enology (winemaking). Studied enology at the UC in Chile. Started his career at Viña Undurraga, Viña Valdivieso, and Viña Terramater where he stayed for 10 years and during the off-seasons travelled to other wine regions (Chateau Margaux, Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien, Château Berliquet, Saint-Émilion, Château Le Crock, Saint-Estèphe, Cantina Toblino, Alto Adige, Clos Montblanc, Tarragona, Franciscan Winery, Napa)
- Cristián Vallejo (LinkedIn)
- @cristian.vallejo.winemaker
- Winemaker Cristián Vallejo on “Barroir” and the Challenges of Sustainability, Wine Enthusiast, October 2022
Priscilla Fernandez
Priscilla Fernandez studied enology at UC and worked for Viña Santa Rita (2008-2010) and Viña Luis Felipe Edwards (2011-2021)
- Priscilla Fernandez | LinkedIn (VIK: 2021)
- Viña VIK: ‘like people, wine develops’, the Drinks Business, 2025
Bodega and Retreats
The bodega and hotel were constructed in 2014.
- Bodega Viña VIK / Smiljan Radic
- Hotel VIK / Marcelo Daglio Arquitectos
- @vikchile
- VIK Chile (LinkedIn)
VIK Retreats includes properties in Uruguay and Milan.
- www.vikretreats.com
- www.galleriavikmilano.com
- www.estanciavik.com
- Vik Retreats: A Cultured Collection of Hotels, Sotheby’s, 2023
Alexander Vik
Alexander Vik (1955) is a Norwegian-Swedish billionaire entrepreneur, investor, and Harvard-educated economist known for ambitious ventures in finance, technology, and luxury hospitality, as well as for his passion for art and wine.
- Our Story (VIK Wines)
- Alexander Vik Is The Most Interesting Man In The World (As Long As He Doesn’t Owe You Money), Nathan Vardi, Forbes, 2014
- Billionaire Alexander Vik, making art, wine and new tech his business, Camille Esteve, Monaco Tribune, 2023
- Wikipedia
- Harvard Hall of Fame
Before VIK Wines, Alexander VIK launched Christiania Vodka in 2000, produced at the Arcus Distillery in Norway.
VIK Wines – How It Started
The story began over a decade ago: in 2004, the couple enlisted two of the preeminent wine consultants working in Chile – the Frenchmen Patrick Valette (in whose family the venerable Château Pavie, in Saint Emilion, had been since 1919; Valette sold up in 1998) and Gonzague de Lambert (who was raised at, and is owner and director of, Château de Sale, in Pomerol). Both had been working on various projects in the nearby Colchagua Valley, which is generally considered to produce Chile’s finest wines. Alex Vik charged them with finding a parcel of land where he and Carrie could realise their dream. The search covered multiple sites across Argentina and Chile, meticulously narrowed by process of elimination: Viña Vik, comprising 10,690 acres, was subjected tothousands of soil tests, as well as analyses of hydric flows, thermal amplitude, geographic orientation and the region’s unusual wind conditions, over the course of an entire year. (The differences in Terroir across the 12 valleys in which the vines – Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Carmenere, Syrah and Merloc – planted are enormous, resulting in vast discrepancies in character and ripening stages of the grapes.) The
Viks put in the first vines in 2006; they produced their debut vintage in 2009.
Patrick Valette
Gonzague de Lambert