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Biological assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Agriculture [Abstract] |
Biological assets | 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 costs associated to the agricultural activities (grapes) are accumulated to the harvest date. The valuation of current biological assets is described in Note 2 - Summary of significant accounting policies, 2.10 . The movement of current biological assets is detailed as follows:
|  | ThCh $ |
As of January 1 2017 |  |  |  |
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 | )
Changes |  |  | 209,309 |
Book Value |  |  | 8,157,688 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |
Historic cost |  |  | 8,157,688 |
Book Value |  |  | 8,157,688 |
As of December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |
Acquisitions |  |  | 20,871,261 |
Decreases due to harvesting |  |  | (20,634,418 | )
Other increases (decreases) (1) |  |  | 95,342 |
Changes |  |  | 332,185 |
Book Value |  |  | 8,489,873 |
As of December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |
Historic cost |  |  | 8,489,873 |
Book Value |  |  | 8,489,873 |
(1) Mainly corresponds to the financial effect of the application IAS 29 “Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies”. See Note 4 - Accounting changes, letter b) .

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