Routes of Brandy in Southern Cone of America (1586-1850). Background of Appellation of Origin Pisco [Rutas del Aguardiente en el Cono Sur de América (Siglos Xvi-Xix). Antecedentes de la Denominación de Origen Pisco]

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the North of Chile became a dynamic center of production and export of wine brandy called “pisco”. The spirits market was intended to Potosi, both by sea and by land, by regular freight service offered by the carriers. Thus arose the path of brandy, which helped to establish close economic, social and cultural links between the cities, towns and rural areas of current Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. So the basis for the development of the Appellation of Origin Pisco bounded burst in 1931. © 2014, Universidad de Tarapaca. All rights reserved.