The Algerian Wine Industry & Conquistador’s Impact on Wine in South America
The Algerian wine industry emerged seemingly out of nowhere in the nineteenth century. The history of the European colonization of Africa is also closely linked to the history of the Algerian wine industry. The 1930s: Algerian Wine By the 1930s, Algeria was creating 6-7% of all glasses of wine internationally. But its role in the worldwide glass of wine profession was much more significant than this figure recommends. Algeria's populace is mostly Muslim; therefore, most of their white wine was exported. Therefore, in the years prior to the First World War, Algeria made up 40% of wine exports internationally. The history of Algerian wine is complex and deeply intertwined with politics, mainly colonization and then the independence of Algeria. In the 1930s, Algeria had grown into the world’s largest exporter of wine. However, when the French ceded control in 1962, things soon turned south for Algeria’s wine industry. The Conquistador’s Impact on Wine in South America ...