The elegant appeal of Bolivian wines that more should know about Share
At almost 2,000-metres above sea level, Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a niche market with their unique product.
In the southern Tarija department in the foothills of the Andes mountain range, the little known Bolivian vineyards find themselves dwarfed between the two regional wine-growing giants: Argentina and Chile.
Those two countries are respectively the seventh and eighth largest wine producers in the world and share 200,000 hectares of vineyards.
The 5,000 hectares of vineyards in Tarija benefit from a temperate climate with intense sunshine during the day and humidity at night, with the region protected from strong winds from the north.
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At almost 2,000-metres above sea level, Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a niche market with their unique product – Bolivian wines.
In the southern Tarija department in the foothills of the Andes mountain range, the little known Bolivian vineyards find themselves dwarfed between the two regional wine-growing giants: Argentina and Chile.
Those two countries are respectively the seventh and eighth largest wine producers in the world and share 200,000 hectares of vineyards.
The 5,000 hectares of vineyards in Tarija benefit from a temperate climate with intense sunshine during the day and humidity at night, with the region protected from strong winds from the north.
Bolivian wine-growers banking on distinctive altitude flavour
While Bolivia s wine production is dwarfed compared to that of Argentina or Chile, producers are paving the way for a high-quality market of wines grown at high altitude, creating unique wines with an interesting concentration of aromas .
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A worker carries a crate with grapes during a harvest at a vineyard in Valle de la Concepcion community, some 30 km from Tarija, Bolivia on March 27, 2021. Between 1,600 and 2,000 meters above the sea level and with a temperate climate in the south of the country, Bolivian companies collect a tradition of hundreds of years of the Jesuitic Missions to produce High Altitude Wines, which now dream of reaching international markets. | AIZAR RALDES / AFP
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Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a niche market with their unique product.
In the southern Tarija department in the foothills of the Andes mountain range, the little known Bolivian vineyards find themselves dwarfed between the two regional wine-growing giants: Argentina and Chile.
Wine, mostly from Spain, was first grown in Bolivia by Jesuits that arrived in the Potosi region that neighbors Tarija in the 17th century.
At almost 2 000 metres above sea level, Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a niche market with their unique product.