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To consolidate vitiviniculture as an economic activity in the Chile countryside, the Chilean government and French vineyard owners were interested in implementing in Chile the same procedures used in France. Consequently, several study missions, both at the international as well as the national level, were made and formed part of the new vitiviniculture process emerging in Chile in the second half of the 19th century. Agricultural experts, and especially vitiviniculture experts, such as Rend F. Le Feuvre, Gastón Lavergne, Máximo Jeria, Eleodoro Gonzá1ez, Manuel Rojas L. and Federico Phillippi, were sent on these missions. These study missions were fundamental for Chilean vitiviniculture because it allowed comparisons between the state of national vineyards and vineyards in other parts of the world. At the same time, the reports on these study missions contributed to improving the quality of national wine and the winemaking process. The Chilean government, together with the Board of Directors of the Quinta Normal de Agricultura, and vineyard owners were the ones who proposed and put in place this initiative, which was fundamental in the development of this new activity. At the same time, it also contributed to the expansion and consolidation of French vineyards in the Central Region of Chile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work is carried out a historical journey for the origins, successes and failures of the wine history of France. For they are kept it in mind different evolutionary periods, passing from The age of Gold to the failure, the sanitary crises that affect diverse productive regions giving the increase of the import, decrease of the export and the creation of a new method of production of wines as a result. Production again whipped by both world wars, characterizing this period for the situation of permanent uncertainty, and for the incessant search of protection of the quality that reflects the importance of their participation in the world market of wines. Starting from the present analysis queries are elaborated on two essential points to keep in mind in the future: does the current debate concern the crucial points that determine the future of the activity?, the answers that will be given, the appropriate ones will be?. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]