The orchards and the grapevine. The wine and the chinguirito in the town of Aguascalientes at the end of viceregal epoch

This article shows the great development that orchards in Aguascalientes had in the second half of the 18th century and especially how the farming of the vine was used as a shield to cover the production of chinguirito—a liquor made from bran and brown sugar that was prohibited. Paradoxically, the r...

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Autor: Gómez Serrano, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Historia Novohispana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/38580
Acceso en línea:https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/38580
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:prohibited beverages
chinguirito
grapevine and wine
orchards
bebidas prohibidas
vid y vino
huertas
Aguascalientes
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Sumario:This article shows the great development that orchards in Aguascalientes had in the second half of the 18th century and especially how the farming of the vine was used as a shield to cover the production of chinguirito—a liquor made from bran and brown sugar that was prohibited. Paradoxically, the release in 1796 of the manufacture and sale of chinguirito—which coincided with a special measure authorizing the grape growing and wine making in the town of Aguascalientes—ruined the old business.