Tannat Day – Rediscovering heritages; rethinking identities

Barrels of Tannat wine at Cooperativa Vinícola Aurora (Bento Goncalves, Brazil)April 14th was the date chosen in Uruguay to celebrate Tannat, the country’s flagship grape variety. It was on that day, in 1984, that viticulturalist Pascual Harriague passed away; the annual celebration pays tribute to the Basque immigrant (b. 1819) that played a decisive role in the introduction and propagation of Tannat in the South American country that became its second – but arguably better &