The History of Wine in Uruguay: From Early Colonists to Modern Innovators Uruguay is a small South American country that often flies under the radar on the global wine stage. Yet this nation has […]
The Economics of Wine in the Spread of Colonialism There are several academic subfields dedicated to the study of wine. A few examples are agronomy, geography, geology, and politics. The people who conquered the […]
The Jesuits and Wine Production in the New World In the summer of 1599, several zealous Roman Catholics arrived at the developing town of Cordoba in what is now Northwestern Argentina. These men were […]
December 2, 1547: On this day, Hernán Cortés died. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca, was in charge of an expedition that, in the early […]
The Conquistador’s Impact on Wine in South America In 1554, Spanish conquistadors and missionaries transported European Viti's vinifera vines to Chile. According to mythology, the conquistador Francisco de Aguirre planted the first vines. The […]
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