My final destination was one of the world's most southerly vineyards, planted five years ago on Chiloé Island, in Chile's lake region, by the well-regarded Santa Cruz producer Viña Montes.

Here again the convergence is eerie. Chile's giant island of Chiloé—immediately southwest of Puerto Montt across the Gulf of Ancud—is the southern analogue of Vancouver Island, comparable ...

For this the researchers (and the film crew) had to travel to one of the most remote areas of Chile, Ahuenco park on the west coast of Chiloe Island just off the coast of mainland Chile.

Chiloe, an archipelago off the southern coast of Chile, is known for its unique culture ... and paired with pisco cocktails.