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Uruguayan wines are winning the admiration of the world and they have the medals from international competitions to prove it.

With a history of wine production reaching back to the earliest European missionary expeditions, the only question is why it took so long for the rest of the world to notice.

The Tannat grape (also known in Uruguay as Harriague) produces the best known wines from Uruguay, but European varieties made from traditional merlot and pinot noir grapes are represented in the top vintages as well...


More about Uruguay wineries around the Web:

Uruguayan Wines - An in depth look at the history of wine growing in Uruguay, news reports on the wines and the vintners, listings of wineries and a lot of information on how to find wines from Uruguay where you live and if you can't this site will let you order online. .

Wines of Uruguay - The Wines of Uruguay Exporters' Association (Asociación de Bodegas Exportadoras de Vinos Finos de Uruguay) has an extensive list of winery suppliers and information, in Spanish, on a government program for winemakers in Uruguay. Listings of the wineries of Uruguay in alphabetical order and a section on the Tannat grape are the highlights for non-native visitors to the site.

Blue Wine's Uruguay Listings - Blue Wine provides a very nice collection of wine related information. The listings here are mainly to individual wineries in Uruguay, but click around the site to see Chile, Argentina and plenty of other interesting information and links.

South American Wine Guide - Chilean, Argentinean and Uruguayan Wine - The grand sweep of South American wines with an overview and map of Uruguayan wine regions with the spotlight on particular favorites chosen at the WineDoctor.com.

also see -> Wines of Argentina | Wines of Brazil | Wines of Chile

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