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Article: Undersold.(wine industry in Mendoza province of Argentina)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2000
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IT'S a balmy night in Mendoza, wine capital of Argentina, and one of its greenest cities. The province has reached the climax of its yearly fiesta de la vendimia, the festival of the vintage.
Its 18 departments have chosen their vendimia queens. This morning the rival lovelies paraded through the streets, each with her attendants on a wildly decorated float, some with a troupe of gaucho-clad horsemen behind. Tonight, in the edge-of-town open-air "Greek" theatre, President de la Rua and several thousand others have watched a stupendous spectacle--850 dancers and actors, music and fireworks-- before the night's real business: picking one of the 18 as the nation's ...