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Pisco — a disputed name

Comparison

⚠ A DISPUTE ROW, RECORDED AND NOT RESOLVED. Both PERU and CHILE produce a grape spirit called pisco and both claim the name. PERU points to the port and valley of Pisco in Ica, to the word’s Quechua derivation, and to a definition requiring single distillation to proof with no added water and no wood ageing. CHILE points to continuous production in Elqui and Limarí, to its 1931 denomination, and permits water addition and ageing. Different countries recognise different claims, and some recognise both. This system records the two as separate products under one contested name and takes no position.

Atlas — where and when

Communities and languages

Languages: Spanish

What is recorded

  • Peru and Chile both produce a grape spirit called pisco and both claim the name. The Peruvian definition requires single distillation to proof with no added water and no wood ageing; the Chilean denomination of 1931 permits water addition and ageing. Recognition differs between jurisdictions and some recognise both. The two are recorded as separate products under a contested name and the dispute is not resolved here. disputed

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

  • related to Peruvian Pisco disputed
  • related to Singani documented

    ⚠ Singani is neither Peruvian nor Chilean pisco; grouping the three is a common error.

Recipes

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