Category: trips
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Distillery Visit: Pisco Vinas De Oro, Chincha, Peru
This post is about my visit to Vinas de Oro in the region of Chincha, Peru.
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How Pisco Porton is Blended
It’s not so simple: Three different shapes of stills and eight permitted grape varietals makes for a lot of possibilities.
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A Visit to La Caravedo, Home of Pisco Porton, in Ica, Peru
Hacienda La Caravedo is the oldest working distillery in the Americas and the place where they make Pisco Porton. It's located in Ica, Peru, about a four hour drive south of Lima. I visited in the spring of 2014. The distillery dates to 1684. Below is a picture of the document establishing the distillery. The…
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Disaronno Distillery Visit in Saronno Italy
This July I visted the town of Saronno, Italy, and the blending and bottling house where they make Disaronno liqueur (formerly known as Disaronno Amaretto). So The Legend Goes Disaronno, as with many brands, is based on a legend involving a beautiful woman and a secret manuscript. We visited the chapel where the story begins.…
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Notes on the Science of Flavour
I attended a seminar sponsored by Disaronno on The Science of Flavour by food scientist Dr. Rachel Edwards-Stuart. I took a lot of notes – and here they are.
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A Preview of Bombay Sapphire’s New Distillery
This fall the new Bombay Sapphire distillery will open at the site of Laverstoke Mill in Hampshire, about 2 hours’ drive from London.
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A Cocktail Meant to Taste Like Money
The winning cocktail for the Bombay Sapphire Most Imaginative Bartender competition contained homemade paper syrup meant to reference the government bank notes that were once printed at a mill that is the future home of the gin distillery.
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Regional Airline Mini-Bottles in Saveur
In the June/July Drink insert in Saveur magazine, a story inspired by my small obsession with airline drink lists.
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A Visit to the Kilbeggan Distillery in Ireland
A while back I visited the Kilbeggan Distillery in the middle of Ireland. Kilbeggan is in partnership with the Cooley distillery, a much larger one (without a visitors' center) that was once independent but is now owned by Jim Beam. They make not only Kilbeggan Irish whiskey, but also Tyrconnell, Greenore, and Connemara. The distillery…
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Distillery Visit: Bushmills in Ireland
A while back I enjoyed a brief visit to the Bushmills Irish Whiskey distillery, located at the northern tip of Northern Ireland. Bushmills is located super close to the Giants' Causeway, a natural phenomenon that brings tons of tourists through town every day. Pretty much all the tours also stop at Bushmills, whether that's for…