Chilean Pizco from the Chile stand at the World Travel Market at ExCel in London.
This is Pizco, which comes from Chile (and Peru). I tried it at the World Travel Market on a stand in Excel in London, which was held in November 2024.
The next World Travel Market will be November 4-6 2025.
Spanish is a language which will take you far.
In South America all the countries speak Spanish as the main official or common language, often with a few other languages, except for big Brazil which speaks similar sounding Portuguese.
Pizco is Spanish for a little bit, or a pinch, We use the word pinch in English when recipes say a pinch of salt.
Chile imports
I loved the Pizco, which I had with large slice of sweet grapefruit. Having read up about it, i realises why I like it. Several versions feature the sweet muscat grape.
But you can get sweet or sour tipples. Pizco is served in several cocktails such as Pizco Sour which is made with bitters. Wikipedia has a list of the cocktails, as well as the origin of the name.
It appears that both Chile and Peru claim Pizco as the national drink. The many varieties of the cocktail are listed in Wikipedia, as well as the amounts of produce and the countries buying it. Chile makes Pisco but the drink is so popular that they also import a lot from Peru.
Peruvian
- Puro (Pure), made from a single variety of grape, mostly Quebranta, although Mollar or Common Black can be used; however, no blending between varieties is accepted ("pure" pisco should contain only one variety of grape).
- Aromáticas (Aromatic), made from Muscat or Muscat-derived grape varieties, and also from Albilla, Italia and Torontel grape varieties; once again, the pisco should only contain one variety of grape in any production lot.
- Mosto Verde (Green Must), distilled from partially fermented must, this must be distilled before the fermentation process has completely transformed sugars into alcohol.
- Acholado (Multivarietal), blended from the must of several varieties of grape.
Some other specific restrictions of note are:[citation needed]
- Aging: Pisco must be aged for a minimum of three months in vessels of "glass, stainless steel or any other material which does not alter its physical, chemical or organic properties".
- Additives: No additives of any kind may be added to the pisco that could alter its flavor, odor, appearance or alcoholic proof.
- Chilean Pisco
- Pisco Corriente o Tradicional, 30% to 35% (60 to 70 proof)
- Pisco Especial, 35% to 40% (70 to 80 proof)
- Pisco Reservado, 40% (80 proof)
- Gran Pisco, 43% or more (86 or more proof)
- Cocktails
- Chilcano de Pisco, a Peruvian cocktail made with Pisco, lemon juice, ice, bitters, and ginger ale.
- Piscola, also called "national cocktail" in Chile (Spanish: Combinado nacional or combinado) a cocktail prepared mixing Coca-Cola and pisco. Other combinations of Pisco and cola include the Perú Libre differentiating the same drink made with different origin piscos.
- Pisco Sorpresa, a cocktail originated in East London, inspired by the Latin American classic. Involves shaking gin, Cointreau, triple sec, Bacardi and pisco, adding raspberry juice, pouring into a cocktail glass and finishing off with a dash of soda, grenadine and a squeeze of lemon.
- Don Alfredo, a Peruvian cocktail made with mosto verde Pisco, St Germain, lime juice, ice and soda water.
What have I learned? That I will have a good time visiting Chile and Peru, Chilean and Peruvian restaurants in London or worldwide, or ordering Pisco online, eg from Tesco, and going to next year's World Travel Market.
Chilean restaurants in London listed on Yelp include El Vergel which means Orchard, Southwark area, an SE1 postcode.
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