A Year in Uruguay

I'm not generally a big wine drinker, but the Uruguayan wines I've tried have been good. They taste like moderately-priced California wines or Chilean wines. Wine can be quite inexpensive, here.

The boxed wines are high quality wines-- unlike the stereotype in the US-- and they are even cheaper than the same wine in a bottle.








Saltshaker gives this geography lesson on Uruguay's vineyards:

In regard to the wine world, some 79% of all the vineyards in Uruguay are in the areas of Canelones and San Jose, basically within about 50 miles of Montevideo. Another 18% are in the province of Colonia, the remaining 3% are scattered here and there - in Paysandú, Salto, Durazno, Rivera, and Maldonado. Most of those latter areas, however, have no more than one or two wineries, and the majority of vineyards in those areas are owned by wineries in the primary areas, grapes are sent in for processing.

Update: From the comments, I read that I missed some interesting posts on the Saltshaker blog.

I'd just note that the particular post you selected is the 3rd in a series of posts on different Uruguayan wineries that are right in a row, starting a couple of days before that one and continuing on afterwards - I had a delightful opportunity to travel with members of Uruguay's wine bureau and visit quite a few wineries in different parts of the country

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Here are some links on his visits to different wineries: Los Cerros de San Juan a Irurtia, Bodegas Carrau, Castillo Viejo, Pizzorno, Juanicó, Bouza, Viñedo de los Vientos. I recommend his whole series.

Labels: food and drink, Uruguay