Translated from spanish with assitance from Google Translate
Raúl Ravanal is a man like those of the past: full of anecdotes that could easily become milestones or a sound recording that, when played back, would provoke a dazzling echo. But, behind this, lies the beautiful character of a Colchagüino who, with his calm joy, can explain to us that this great achievement is actually the sum of a lifetime of work, effort, and trying to do the right thing, as if it were a taste inscribed in life's recipe book. And of which there are details about more ingredients.
BY ÁLVARO TELLO | PHOTOGRAPHY CAVA COLCHAGUA ARCHIVE
There is genuine enthusiasm in this man with a serene face who is also preparing to participate in the meeting. He sits at a table surrounded by young people, whom he observes and accompanies for a long time, in silence. Within a few minutes, we don't know when, Raúl Ravanal was already at the center of the conversation, participating, renewing perspectives. Friends who know him and see him from afar immediately sense his desire to tell the stories of Colchagua, not as that dot suspended in the middle of a map or the verse of the valley transformed into destiny and wine, but rather as a long road that, under a common name, crosses towns and hamlets, through which earthly adventures are forged, those that will be remembered and repeated until the next dawn.