Chile's dry summer climate in the central zone, where rich land is watered by the melting Andean snows, is comparable to the best of California or New Zealand.

ECONOMIST: Chile

Finding a Mediterranean climate characterised by warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters, they successfully planted their own vines and have kept the valley dry grown (ie no irrigation zone) for more than 150 years.

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