Abstract

In the present study, a general historical overview of viticulture in Latin America is developed with special emphasis on the South American Southern Cone. We will explore the development of viticulture in Latin America through the three paradigms that prevailed throughout this development: the colonial paradigm, the French wine paradigm, and the Anglo-Saxon wine paradigm. This essay will emphasize the rise and fall of wine production centers within the markets with the distinction of origin and the revaluation of mestizo wines thanks to the reevaluation of the historic vines of the territories and local laborers’ knowledge and innovation in their exploration.