El vino de Jerez en el sector exterior español, 1838-1885

  1. Montañés Primicia, Enrique
Journal:
Revista de historia industrial

ISSN: 1132-7200

Year of publication: 2000

Issue: 17

Pages: 189-209

Type: Article

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the value of sherry wine during an important period of the Spanish foreign trade. Firstly, it offers a more complete series of sherry wine exports. Secondly, it describes the characteristics of the wine sold in the foreign markets and the variety of its prices. It analyses the sales of an important exporter; and presents a series of sherry wine prices. Finally, it obtains a real valuation of sherry wine and emphasises its importance in the Spanish foreign trade.