Modifying The Regulation Of The Appelation Of Origin Pisco.
I was invited to the Indecopi meeting (authority responsible for the implementation & enforcement of competition policies in Peru), on the new proposal to modify the Pisco Appellation of Origin Regulation, there are some important points in this modification that I would like to discuss: Is pisco a wine spirit or a grape spirit? This must be completely settled. Another point is imported yeasts, should producers used or not? […]
In the land of pisco.... same message
Reading on social networks and especially on Facebook there is a group called Amigos de la Denominación de Origen Pisco, "Amigos..." I went to the dictionary to look up the definition of friends or friendship: "Personal, pure and disinterested affection, shared with another person, which is born and strengthened in the treatment". […]
In the land of Pisco... The aguapié
Some time ago we were on a trip with the tasters group of Noches de Cata to several Pisco regions, but the big surprise happened in Moquegua. We had been asked to do a guided tasting at the Moquegua Club that's is in main square. […]
In the land of pisco... Tasting pisco, our Cultural Heritage (1613-2015).
During the week of July 08 to 12 we were convened as tasters to participate in the XXI National Pisco Contest in the city of Ica.[…]
Talking about pisco
In a conversation with several master distillers, discussing different topics and at one point we asked if we should have a pisco type within the regulations between the wineries with more production, […]
Do Piscos improve over time?
On March 15, 16 and 17 we were at the vertical tasting of Piscos convened by Eng. Juan Carlos Palma at the La Molina Agrarian University. It is the first time that work like this is carried out: samples were presented to us from 2003 to 2013, from the 5 pisco regions. […]
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. […]
Desde el país del pisco… Experiencias y Reflexiones
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... [...]