Peru is an exciting country for drink nerds like me, as it is the birthplace of the potato, pisco, and the cinchona tree that produces quinine for tonic water. I didn't realize until recently that it was also the birthplace of the international guano industry, perhaps the world's first exported industrial fertilizer. Read more →
In 2014 I visited Peru with Pisco Porton. In this post, I wanted to write up some places I visited in the city of Lima. I was only in town for about a day in a half, so I didn't see much. Cocktail Bars and Restaurants in Lima Johnny Schuler's... Read more →
Four new whiskies launch; three of them scotch, and one Canadian whisky sold exclusively in Texas. Read more →
June 2009: Chef Ryan Clift at the Tippling Club in Singapore. Read more →
Twenty Four new cocktail bars are opening or have just opened around the US this winter. Good thing you took January off to rest your liver. Read more →
This post is an overview of getting to the pisco region, where to stay, and things to see. It covers Chincha, Paracas, Asia, Ica, Huacachina, and Las Islas Ballestas. Read more →
Last year I visited 5 distilleries in Peru with Pisco Porton (read about that visit here and here): Vinas de Oro, Tres Generaciones, Lovera, Hotel El Carmello, and La Caravedo where Porton is made. This post is about my visit to El Carmelo in the region of Ica, Peru. El... Read more →
A visit to the Lovera pisco distillery in the region of Ica, Peru. Read more →