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tour $$ Hidden Gem
Jesuit Mission Wine Route
Follow the path Jesuit missionaries took in the 1600s when they first planted vines in Bolivia. Visit the San Lorenzo church where priests made sacramental wine centuries ago. Then drive to modern wineries that inherited their tradition. The Jesuits chose Tarija for the same reasons winemakers choose it today: intense sun, cold nights, and isolation that kept phylloxera away.
A Wine Memories experience · winememories.fi
Good to know
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Languages
- Mixed
Insider Tips
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San Lorenzo is 15km from Tarija - pleasant drive through vineyard country
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The church museum has colonial-era winemaking artifacts
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Ask about Singani - Bolivia grape brandy, older than wine here
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Local guides know the Jesuit history better than winery staff
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- jesuit
- history
- mission
- church
- tradition
- cultural