The Team
Allá Lejos is built as a long-term estate. Winemaking is led by experience; operations are built for continuity. Roles are defined so the project remains consistent across seasons, and across generations.
Fernando Almeda
Winemaker
Fernando Almeda is a Spanish oenologist with a long career in Chile, known for combining technical rigor with curiosity-driven experimentation. He spent years in senior winemaking roles at Miguel Torres Chile (Curicó), helping shape the winery's processes and style before moving into independent consulting and personal projects.
Fernando has completed harvests across Chile, France, Spain, the United States, China, and India, bringing a broad reference point to his work. In Chile, he has been involved in initiatives focused on the rescue and revival of ancestral varieties, including projects connected to VIGNO and early work linked to sparkling wine made from País.
Beyond conventional regions, Fernando has contributed to boundary-focused viticulture in Chile, including places such as Limarí and Osorno, and to work connected to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), including research-driven identification of wild grapevines found there.
At Allá Lejos, his focus is clear: wines with personality that honor landscape first.
Esteban Milović
Founder & CEO
Esteban Milović is an agricultural entrepreneur based in Chile Chico with more than 25 years of experience building and operating large-scale agricultural projects across Chile and Southeast Europe.
Prior to Allá Lejos, he developed and operated extensive vineyard and fruit production estates, establishing export channels and long-term infrastructure in remote regions. His work has consistently centered on turning challenging locations into stable agricultural operations through patient development and reinvestment. He later formalized his technical foundation with postgraduate studies in Viticulture and Oenology at UC Davis.
At Allá Lejos, Esteban leads the estate's long timeline: vineyard expansion, operational continuity, and the experience of the place itself.
How They Met
Fernando and Esteban first collaborated in 2019 through work connected to the INIA/FIA research project. A shared approach emerged quickly: careful observation, low-intervention decisions, and commitment to letting place define style.
Allá Lejos grew from that common language, and from a long-term intention to build a serious estate in Chilean Patagonia.
Together, they do not seek new regions, only places where wine still has something to prove.
Allá Lejos is structured as a family estate designed to endure beyond a single founder or vintage.
Svetlana Vasiljević
Financial & Operational Stewardship
Raised on a family farm in Namibia, Svetlana brings lifelong agricultural exposure and operational understanding to the estate. Her early experience within a large-scale fruit and irrigation-based farming environment, combined with later involvement in agricultural operations in Southeast Europe, informs her disciplined approach to financial and structural continuity. Raised in agriculture, Svetlana was an early force behind the family's decision to build a life around farming, and to raise the next generation close to land and seasons. With WSET Level 2 in Wines, she oversees financial administration and ensures that growth remains measured, stable, and aligned with the estate's long-term philosophy.
Katarina Milović
Strategy & Market Development
Katarina supports long-term positioning, international partnerships, and brand architecture for the estate. With a background in strategic marketing (MSc, Imperial College London) and experience leading multi-million-euro growth initiatives across Europe, she focuses on ensuring that agricultural precision is matched by disciplined market development and international presence. She holds WSET Level 1 in Wines and contributes to shaping how Allá Lejos is positioned for collectors and hospitality partners.
Vera Milović
Estate Administration & Continuity
Vera grew up around the estate and its seasons: between continents, agricultural projects, and the kind of long timelines that teach patience. She supports administrative coordination and the practical continuity of day-to-day operations, helping ensure that growth remains organized, responsive, and quietly consistent. Alongside her work on the estate, she is currently studying French, reflecting the international outlook of a project built in Patagonia but meant to speak across borders.