Winery Visits in Peru Category
Follow up Video: Pisco Winery Tour: Vista Alegre
Posted on February 15, 2012
This was my first visit to a Pisco winery, Bodegas Vista Alegre is located near Ica, Peru. They have 180 Hectares of land dedicated to the production of grapes that are later used not only for Pisco but also still dry wines such as Malbec, Tempranillo and Pinot Blanc. This place may be better known […]
So what is Pisco Sour?
Posted on February 11, 2012 2 Comments
Pisco Sour is a cocktail made of Pisco, concentrated lemon juice, sugar and egg whites. In this combination, it is quite easy to drink, but be careful Pisco is known to creep up on first-time drinkers because most become quite inebriated in a short time due to its high alcohol percentage. Here is a Epicurus […]
Ica, the land of Pisco
Posted on January 12, 2012
So I thought that since I am half Peruvian and studying wine, I would spend my hard-earned money and visit the wine region of Peru. This area is known as Ica. Ica is a city that is known for two things: Pisco and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake of 1997. Ica is located about 4.5 hours […]