de Neira

… the establishment of the “de Neira” family at Altos de Guarilihue goes back to Independence of Chile. Old people of the Altos de Guarilihue in many night stories of the adventures of the “Neira” bandits, tells that about in 1817 the leader José Miguel Neira (well known as the “Neira” bandit) before being judge and being shot ordered to his family to escape to the south of Chile. The story tells that the family settled among the Itata River and the Bio-Bío River to continue with its tradition of culturing and producing wine...