Uruguay

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The presidential Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay) in the south-east of South America on the Atlantic Ocean with the capital Montevideo covers 176,215 km². It borders Brazil to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Río de la Plata to the south and Argentina to the west (separated by the Río Uruguay).

Uruguay - Landkarte, Flagge und Wappen

History

Viticulture began here later than in other South American countries. The first vines were not introduced from Spain until the middle of the 17th century. However, commercial viticulture only began around 1870, when immigrants from the French Basque country and Italy planted the first vineyards. One of these was the Frenchman Pascual Harriague (1819-1894), who founded the "La Caballada" vineyard near Salto and planted the Tannat grape variety he brought with him on around 200 hectares of vineyards. This is why it is also known here as Harriague after him. Today, many producers in Uruguay have Tannat vines that are over a hundred years old.

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Uruguay

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