Apu winery and vineyard is the highest altitude wine production in Peru to date. In Curahuasi (120km from Cusco), the vineyards range from 2,850 to 3,300 meters above sea level.
Here the wines are produced with a winter harvest and acidity is sharp and bright. Apu has Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese planted to date.
Bernardo Roca Rey is the patron of Vino de Arenas – an innovative wine project planting vines in Ica’s coastal desert. The Vinos de Arena and Bodega Roca Rey winery and wine production is under the hand of female Peruvian winemaker Lyris Monasterio.
Check out our interview with Lyris from Around the World in 80 Harvests:
This small independent brand is the brainchild of Peruvian Pisco-producer Pepe Moquillaza and renowned Argentine winemaker Matias Michelini. Together you get the Mi (Michelini) and the Mo (Moquillaza). The Mimo winery is Peru’s Ica valley where they are championing Pisco and Criolla varieties, some of which are native to Peru, for winemaking. Mimo is also working on a revival of ancestral winemaking techniques – using ceramic pots and amphorae.
Pisco-producer Pepe Moquillaza and vineyard owner Camillo Quintana made Quebrada de Ihuanco together – a complex, tawny-coloured wine using old vines of Quebranta. Also coming from their Quebrada de Ihuanco winery brand is an Albilla which is a perfumed and aromatic orange wine from this undervalued Pisco grape.