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GOMEZ SERRANO, Jesús. The orchards and the grapevine: The wine and the chinguirito in the town of Aguascalientes at the end of viceregal epoch. Estud. hist. novohisp [online]. 2013, n.48, pp.123-187. ISSN 2448-6922.

This article shows the great development that orchards in Aguascalientes had in the second half of the 18th century and especially how the farming of the vine was used as a shield to cover the production of chinguirito-a liquor made from bran and brown sugar that was prohibited. Paradoxically, the release in 1796 of the manufacture and sale of chinguirito-which coincided with a special measure authorizing the grape growing and wine making in the town of Aguascalientes-ruined the old business.

Palavras-chave : prohibited beverages; chinguirito; grapevine and wine; orchards; Aguascalientes.