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List Of Piscos
This is a list of main brands of pisco. Chile Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas-owned *Espíritu de los Andes *Horcón Quemado *La Serena, named after the city of La Serena, Chile, La Serena *Mistral (pisco), Mistral, named after Gabriela Mistral a Chilean literature nobel laureate native to Elqui Valley (wine region), Elqui Valley *Pisco Campanario *Pisco Control *Pisco Control *Ruta Norte *Tres Erres CAPEL owned *Alto del Carmen (pisco), Alto del Carmen, named after the locality of Alto del Carmen *CAPEL, Pisco Capel, one of Chile's oldest pisco brands Prohens *Malpaso Other *Fundo los nichos, oldest pisco in chile, originally Tres Erres until the brand was sold to CCU, Pisco Bauza *Waqar, five generations of pisco maker Peru *BARSOL *Biondi *Bohórquez *Broggi *Cascajal (pisco), Cascajal *Cepas de Loro *Cortijo del Alto *Cuatro Gallos *De Carral *Del Macho *Don Alfredo (cocktail), Don Alfredo *Don Benedicto *Don César *Don Isidoro *Don Saturnino *Don Zacarías * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisco
Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chile. Made by distilling fermented grape juice into a high-proof spirit, it was developed by 16th-century Spanish settlers as an alternative to orujo, a pomace brandy that was being imported from Spain. It had the advantages of being produced from abundant domestically grown fruit and reducing the volume of alcoholic beverages transported to remote locations. Etymology The oldest use of the word ''pisco'' to denote Peruvian aguardiente dates from 1764. The beverage may have acquired its Quechua name from the Peruvian town of Pisco, once an important colonial port for the exportation of viticultural products,''Concise Oxford Dictionary'', 12th edition, 2012. which is located on the coast of Peru in the valley of Pisco, by the river with the same name."Pisco", ''Oxford English Dictionary''. second ed. 1989. From there, "Aguardiente de Pisco" was exported to Europe, especially Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
