Not enough Americans are familiar with pisco, a Peruvian liquor that has been riding a popular wave of trendy South American cuisines to become an up-and-comer on the cocktail scene.

Pisco is a type of brandy, which is to say that it's a spirit distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice. Beyond that, it's far removed from, and in some ways even diametrically opposed to, ...

Pisco, the perfect sipping brandy . Originally published July 25, 2017 at 7:00 am Updated July 25, 2017 at 11:01 am . Pisco is mostly served in the United States in cocktails, but connoisseurs ...

For an 86-proof, unaged liquor, it's deceptively smooth, a quality Schuler hopes will give his pisco an edge over other less flavorful clear quaffs. (That means you, vodka.) ...

Pisco is a South American grape brandy produced in Peru and Chile. Pisco dates back more than 400 years. It is among the oldest alcoholic spirit made in the Americas and predates even Tequila. Its ...

MALA, Peru — The national drink of Peru is a clear liquor distilled from grapes that grow in and around the valleys of a region called Pisco. In neighboring Chile, they too make a clear liquor ...

Pisco is the national spirit of Peru. Historically, it was an unaged, clear grape brandy. It was first produced about 400 years ago in the Ica Valley south of Lima. It differs significantly from ...

Pisco, an unaged grape brandy with a fragrant, fruit-forward quality, is believed to have originated in Peru. The flavor profile of pisco expressions may vary depending on the grapes used and can ...

Pisco is a brandy made in the winemaking regions of Chile and Peru. But don't try to determine who invented it first: both countries have a longstanding rivalry about who gets to call this grape ...

Once obscure — and still so in much of the country — pisco is showing up in a growing number of bars and liquor stores. It is made in Peru and Chile, and both countries claim pisco as their ...

This Sept. 23, 2013 photo shows the Judgement Day cocktail in Concord, N.H. Pisco is a grape spirit that has not been aged in wood, leaving it white. Made in Peru and Chile, both countries claim ...