# Some thoughts on the history of mixology in the Río de la Plata region

**URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730
**Category:** Cocktails and mixed drinks
**Tags:** books
**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730 "2024-10-09T17:01:02Z")
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### Author: ![federicosardi](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/federicosardi/32/384_2.png) [@federicosardi](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/federicosardi)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/1 "2024-10-09T17:01:02Z")

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Hi everyone,

Here’s a copy of a small article I wrote for an Uruguayan magazine on the history of mixology in the Río de la Plata (River Plate) region.

It mentions my finding of the earliest known cocktail book from Uruguay/Argentina, C. Lefebre’s _Manual de Cocktails y bebidas mezcladas_ from 1903.

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### Author: ![Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/splificator/32/89_2.png) [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/2 "2024-10-09T20:01:30Z")

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Nice article! I’d like to see more on that topic.

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### Author: ![shaunwithwishka](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/shaunwithwishka/32/865_2.png) [@shaunwithwishka](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/shaunwithwishka)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/3 "2024-10-14T18:57:32Z")

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Agreed! I think things like this are awesome!

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### Author: ![CraigE](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@CraigE](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CraigE)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/4 "2024-10-15T14:07:38Z")

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In case it’s helpful: “Rio de la Plata” is usually left untranslated in English contexts, I think.

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### Author: ![martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/martin/32/777_2.png) [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/5 "2024-10-15T14:58:19Z")

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This is a weird one, because it should be _River of Silver_ in English, but is historically called River Plate or La Plata River. Stylistically, for here, I’d prefer to keep it _Río de la Plata_, and I have adjusted the title of the thread accordingly.

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### Author: ![EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/evand/32/818_2.png) [@EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/EvanD)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730/6 "2025-02-16T01:55:40Z")

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I’ve been looking into the Argentine spirit Aperital.

> **[Cóctel De María o en busca del Aperital](https://elkankuko.blogspot.com/2012/03/coctel-de-maria-en-busca-del-aperital.html?m=1)**
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> Yo soy cantinero o barman, actualmente llamados bartender, criado en Buenos Aires, Argentina, una ciudad y un país con una rica tradi...

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZaPZYQ5kTks/maxresdefault.jpg "Aperital | Expedientes Jurisich") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPZYQ5kTks)

Apparently Aperital was similar to a pelinkovac, and that or “Pineral” is recommended as a contemporary substitute. Bottles reference Alphonse Delor, an old Bordeaux house, though one of the speakers in the video theorizes that the link was false advertising.