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- Title
Wine and Women: Grape Growers and "Pulperas" in Mendoza, 1561-1852.
- Authors
Lacoste, Pablo
- Abstract
This article examines female entrepreneurs in the wine industry of Mendoza, Argentina, specifically, female owners of vineyards, wineries, and pulperías. The province was a center of wine production from the 1600s on because of its soil and climate. Its strategic position on the overland trade route from Buenos Aires to Santiago also made it a major transport center. Strong demand for food, drink, and other goods sold at pulpería was generated by the movement of travelers, merchants, and muleteers through the province. Meanwhile, the extended absences of the city's males on journeys across the pampa opened opportunities for women to operate and in some cases to own not just pulperías but vineyards and wineries as well.
- Subjects
MENDOZA (Argentina); ARGENTINA; BUSINESSWOMEN; WINES; VINEYARDS; COMMERCE; TRADE routes
- Publication
Hispanic American Historical Review, 2008, Vol 88, Issue 3, p361
- ISSN
0018-2168
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/00182168-2008-329