El empresariado vitivinícola de la provincia de Mendoza (Argentina) a principios del siglo XX

Abstract

We present a description of the viticulture undertaking in Mendoza (Argentina) during the first years of the 20th century sooner than the economic boom of 1904-1912 impelled some modifications. With documents dated in 1903 a sample of wine cellar's keepers with great manufacturing capacity is de1imited, and their history is reconstructed according to the bibliography and notarial protocols of the General Archive of Mendoza. The following general characteristics appear: territorial, productive and wealth concentration, predominance of immigrants, familiar enterprise, possession of land for viticulture best conditions for wine commercialization and investment of fixed capital.