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on his second voyage to america, christopher columbus brought wine and grapevines from castilla. later, in , hernan cortes sent a letter to carlos v requesting that every ship that sailed from castilla to this land bring some amount of fruits, such as figs, olives, and grapevines. the first residents
when pedro de cieza de leon toured peru in , he found that in many provinces the vines had borne fruit. in , the cultivation of vines in the prodigious valleys of ica and pisco allowed winemaking, which was gaining fame and vitality. by the sixteenth century, friar reginaldo lizarraga said, "this wine...
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