Tag: Mexico Kaleidoscope
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Western Mexico, A Traveler’s Treasury: Notes from the Road from the 16th Century On
Once called Coatlan after the earthenware vessels that were coiled like a serpent and used for storing pulque, a white wine made from the Mexcal tree and used as an offering to a stone idol, Cuiseon was a small village on The Nine Rivers which flowed into Lake Chapala. This and other food traditions, according…
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Mexico Kaleidoscope: Myths, Mysteries and Mystique
Oenophiles might be surprised to learn that the oldest winery anywhere in the Americas is Casa Madero, formally established as long ago as 1597, located in Parras de la Fuente, a small town in the northern state of Coahuila. “In 1549 the Spanish priests and soldiers who explored this region discovered native vines growing wild…
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