Notes on the Bordeaux wine trade

Notes on the Bordeaux wine trade. List of the cargo on the packet El Dichoso, owned by Crahim Mibitón, Muslim, coming from Mauritius and arriving at the port of Manila.

The growing demand for high-quality wine in the European communities based in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, explains the commercialization of Spanish, French, and Portuguese wines. Bordeaux wine was highly appreciated and, consequently, was distributed through various routes. In this case, it seems that it was traded across the Indian Ocean, mediated by Muslim merchants.