2012 wine books – South America

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By Paul O'Doherty. See our guide to 2012 wine book reviews.

Vintage Moquegua
History, Wine and Archaeology on a Colonial Peruvian Periphery

Prudence M Rice
University of Texas Press
£18/$30

Charting the remarkable story of Peru’s wineries, Rice, distinguished professor ofRice_Vintage_Moquegua anthropology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has come up with one of those books that, despite arriving under the radar, is a fascinating read and deserves to be enjoyed at the top table. One of the less well-known centres of viticulture, the tiny Moquegua Valley in deep southern Peru in the western mountains, 1,000 kilometres south of Lima...