South America

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The subcontinent of South America comprises 13 countries with 17,843,000 km², which corresponds to 12% of the earth's land area and has 441 million inhabitants. These countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador (including the Galapagos archipelago), French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

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History

Viticulture was established here from the arrival of the Portuguese and Spanish conquistadores at the beginning of the 16th century (for historical background, see America, New World and USA). However, colonisation and the introduction of viticulture began in Central America. Although the Spaniard Hernando Cortez (1485-1547) found indigenous grape varieties in Mexico in 1519, the Aztecs were not familiar with making wine from them.

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