Abasto, precios y consumo de vino en una villa castellana: el Burgo de Osma, 1655-1804

Abstract

The study of the production, distribution and consumption of wine in modern Spain, given the nature of the available sources, must be addressed, largely through the analysis of local cases. This work focuses on the market of the town of El Burgo de Osma (Soria) between the mid-seventeenth century and early nineteenth centuries. The main data source is related to the administration of municipal taverns. In connection with the operation of the market, special attention to the mechanisms of supply, the composition and evolution of prices, and the changes that occurred in the supply area during the eighteenth century it is provided. New information about the history of wine production in the Ribera del Duero in the same period is also supplied.