How many kinds of Pisco are there? Too many to count if you go to Pisco, Peru, home of Pisco. We did a Pisco tour, which was a private tour of the grounds of an old distillery, and included an amazing pisco tasting. Amazing mostly because it was so lengthy, yes we tried nearly all these bottles and they had even more!
We were so surprised with the Pisco selection that we had to line the bottles up and take a picture. The place we went was actually a winery that also distilled, because frankly, why not? Pisco is a strong, usually colorless grape brandy that pretty much started out as moonshine for Spanish conquistadors. Today it’s a huge industry and Peru has become world renown for this liquor. Of course there’s nothing in this world without a little controversy—Pisco is also made in Chile where, you guessed it, it’s claimed as a Chilean invention. We stayed with a Peruvian/Chilean couple in Santiago, guess which one gave us a small bottle of Pisco? We’ll never tell…
IF YOU GO: Pisco is a small town not far from Ica. We pretty much hopped in a cab and asked for a pisco distillery. I don’t even think we actually made it to the town of Pisco. The place we went wasn’t too touristy, but they did speak a bit of English and were more than happy to show us around and give us a taste… or 5.
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