More than 10,000 kilometers from France, its land of origin, a red grape with a reputation for harshness has proved popular in meat-loving Uruguay, putting the tiny South American country on the world's wine map. Tannat was brought to Uruguay in the 1870s and has found its crowd, as enologist Eduardo Boido explains: "our gastronomy is based on meat...you eat meat and drink Tannat and it cleans the mouth."

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