Born in 1969 in Santiago Francisco joined Viña Errázuriz as Chief Winemaker in 2003. He is an Agronomist Engineer from the University of Chile and obtained a Masters Degree from the Faculty of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux (Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieurs Spécialisées), through a scholarship awarded by the French government. Throughout his career Francisco has participated in vintages in France in Languedoc-Roussillon as flying winemaker for Michel Laroche, in Pomerol at Le Bon Pasteur, one of the renowned Michel Rolland’s wineries, and in Sancerre at Chateau de Sancerre, reputed for its white wines. He has also worked in the United States at Hallcrest Winery one of the first organically certified wineries in California also in Argentina for a year and has been on numerous technical visits in New Zealand, France, Italy, Australia, Argentina and United States. In Chile he worked for 4 years as an Assistant Winemaker for Casa Lapostolle before joining Viña Errázuriz. Francisco speaks perfect English and French and his love of airplanes moved him to acquire his pilot license for single-motor planes in 1998. With his French wife they have two daughters.