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Pisco Elqui
Pisco Elqui is a Chilean village (''pueblo'') in the commune of Paihuano, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region The Coquimbo Region ( es, Región de Coquimbo, ) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions). It is bordered by Atacama to the north, Valparaíso to the south, Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. .... It is located in the Elqui Valley, 107 km east from La Serena, at about 1,300 metres above sea level. This is a very controversial place, since it is claimed by Peruvians that Chileans modified the name of the village only to take a stand on the alcoholic drink of pisco. The original name of the town was La Greda. It was later changed to La Unión. In February 1936, the Law Decree 5,798 changed its name to Pisco Elqui to reinforce Chile's claim to have rights over the drink. External linksChile's Elqui Valley at The Cultured Traveler {{Coord, 30, 07, 25, S, 70, 29, 36, W, region:CL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, disp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisco Elqui Church
Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chile. Made by distillation, distilling fermented grape juice into a high-proof Distilled beverage, spirit, it was developed by 16th-century Spanish colonization of the Americas, 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 languages, Quechua name from the Peruvian town of Pisco, Peru, 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 :es:Río Pisco, river with the same name."Pisco", ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
