A Brief Introduction To The Making Of Peruvian Pisco

Published: May 24, 2007, 9:01 am

My recent post about the gold medals attained by Peruvian pisco at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition this past March reminded me I've had a post about the pisco-making process in a draft version for a very long time. What a good time to finish that post and explain the process for making this definitive Peruvian spirit.Two caveats:First: the photos of the distillation process are by an excellent Lima-based photographer, Lu s Montero. He has kindly allowed me to use these photos, and I highly recommend you visit his photo gallery on Pbase which has a superb collection of images from his many trips around his beloved Peru.Second: I am by no means an authority on pisco; simply, I've researched the subject and culled together information from different resources for both your and my benefit.Most experts agree the origins of the production of pisco date to the early colonial period in Peru. Since Peru was conquered by Spanish, it is no surprise one of the first crops they

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