Ica, Peru
14° 4' S 75° 43' W
Jan 05, 2006 21:50
Distance 5km

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Ica, Sour Wine & Pisco

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"Pisco comes from the distillation of fresh fermented grape juice. in no other country there is a pisco of such excellent characteristics as the peruvian pisco. pisco sour: 3 parts pisco, 2/3 parts sugar, 1 part lemon juice, 1 egg white, six ice cubes"

that's what i learned by visiting two local vineries in ica. after walking through halls filled with wooden barrels from slovenia and huge copper vessels to distill pisco, anna, esmee and me had to taste the locally produced wine and pisco. the wine i had in my glas was awful and sour (the white warm one - maybe it was a specialty and i didn't get it... anna liked it), the pisco was better but a bit strong in the afternoon, i skipped lunch before which was not a good idea.

after the vineries, our overpaid cabdriver transported us to a closed chocolate factory. the shop was still open so we bought "tejas", some sticky stuff which tasted really good.

the evening was nice, we had a good dinner together at mayos, back in huacachina and even saw a dog giving birth!

tomorrow i am off to nazca, back on my own again, the ladies don't want to do the plane trip over the nazca lines but i will!

 

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watch the tetrapak! labels picasso vinery picasso vinery pisco vessels old wine press in front of the bell, the symbol of the vineyard the news from home picasso vinery, vista alegre other vineyard it's coming, it's coming!!! the dogbabies arrive!
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