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Biological assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Agriculture [Abstract] |
Disclosure of biological assets, agriculture produce at point of harvest and government grants related to biological assets [text block] | Note 13 Biological assets The Company recorded under Current biological assets the agricultural activities (grapes) derived from production of plantations that will be destined to be an input to the following process of the wine production. The cost associated to the agricultural activities (grapes) are accumulated to the harvest date. The valuation of current biological assets is described in Note 2, 2.10. The movement of current biological assets is detailed as follows:
|  | ThCh$ |
As of January 1 2016 |  |  |  |
Historic cost |  |  | 7,633,340 |
Book Value |  |  | 7,633,340 |
As of December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |
Acquisitions |  |  | 19,611,307 |
Decreases due to harvesting |  |  | (19,296,268) |
Book Value |  |  | 7,948,379 |
As of December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |
Historic cost |  |  | 7,948,379 |
Book Value |  |  | 7,948,379 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |
Acquisitions |  |  | 18,440,177 |
Decreases due to harvesting |  |  | (18,230,868) |
Book Value |  |  | 8,157,688 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |
Historic cost |  |  | 8,157,688 |
Book Value |  |  | 8,157,688 |

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