Pisco Contests
On the occasion of the Pisco and Wine Contest in the district of Santiago, Ica, (located at 316.8 km South Lima), the tasters gather beforehand to share breakfast every year, kindly invited by Engineer Juan Mendiola Huayamares, who, along with the Municipality of Santiago, organizes these contests now in their eighteenth edition. […]
From the land of pisco... Experiences and Reflections
Another of the competitions in which I participated as a judge was the XX Expo Pisco Wong. We evaluated approximately 180 samples of pisco. I was assigned to table No. 04 in a group of 5 tasters. […]
Tasting Piscos
It was a pleasure to take part in a pisco tasting event for export by a relatively new company, "Tierra del Pisco", led by Sebastián Tuesta, a Franco-Peruvian who is exporting high-quality pisco to Europe. [...]
From the land of pisco "Savoring Piscos & Distillates"
In recent months, we have been tasting high-quality piscos, distillates, and mistelas, as well as participating in pisco contests. I was particularly impressed by... [...]
Savouring Pisco
They always say that Pisco is meant to be savored sip by sip, by kisses. There are beautiful stories about this national spirit. One of my favorites is about a president of Peru in the 1920s who would have a glass of Pisco every day after lunch, taking 40 minutes to finish it. [...]