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Wine, technology and environment. La chacra de Quilacán, (La Serena, Chile, 1645-1649)

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No. 55 (2021): Diciembre

Abstract

This article examines the wine production of the Quilacán farm, La Serena (Chile) in the mid-17th century, from the original reports of its administrator. The equipment and facilities to produce wines and spirits, mainly lime and brick presses, and ceramic vessels are examined. The presence of environmental disorders such as late frosts and summer rains is detected, probably associated with the small glacial age and the El Niño current. The administration accounts allow to know the operation of the system and especially the weight of the ecclesiastical incomes in the colonial productive apparatus, which ended up breaking the Quilacán farm.

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history of the vine and wine, traditional wine technology, environmental problems of the 17th century, current of El Niño

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Alejandro Salas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Magíster en Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7410-7968.
Correo electrónico: alejandro.salas@usach.cl

Pablo Lacoste, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Profesor del Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Dr. en Historia y Dr. en Estudios Americanos. Santiago, Chile.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/00000003-1876-8141.
Correo electrónico: pablo.lacoste@usach.cl

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Salas, A., & Lacoste, P. (2021). Wine, technology and environment. La chacra de Quilacán, (La Serena, Chile, 1645-1649). Cuadernos De Historia, (55), pp. 247–271. Retrieved from https://cuadernosdehistoria.uchile.cl./index.php/CDH/article/view/65334
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