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 The consumption of wine in Cape Verde in general in the island of Fogo for that matter preceded the local production. Before the entrance of the vineyards in the archipelago, the white residents already consumed imported wines. Also the palm wines came from Africa for the interpreters' and for African sailors´ use.
Though the vineyard only entered Cape Verde in the XVI century in the islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Santiago, Brava and Fogo. It was only in Fogo that the cultivation had better success.
The cultivation began in the town of São Lourenço do Pico, more concretely in Monte Tabor's areas, Mira-Mira, Pico Gomes, Serrado and with time expanded to Serra Mountains northwest of the island.
Initially, the cultivation and the production were destined to be for self-consumption, mainly for the white residents of the island.
In the XVII century the cultivation of vineyards increased and consequently the production of wine, meaning that during the century and in the beginning of XVIII century the intensification of trade between Fogo to Guinea and Brazil through Santiago intensified.
In the middle of the XVIII century, Marques de Pombal, with the intention of protecting the vineyards of Alto Douro, he ordered the prohibition of exporting wines of Fogo to Brazil and in general later to foreign markets and the pure and simple destruction of all the stumps in the island.
In the XIX century, the vineryard farmers restarted the cultivation and production of the wine and then reestablished the trade of wine to Brazil.
In the beginning of the XX century, the area of Chã das Caldeiras received the first cultivation of vineyards and consequently the production of the wine.
The cultivation of those plants today are located in high areas around the rim of the crater, many cultivation lands have been destroyed by the successive eruptions, reducing the cultivation areas systematically.
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