Mistral (pisco)
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Mistral is a brand of Chile
an pisco
owned by Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas
(CCU). The brand takes its name from the Chilean nobel literature laureate Gabriela Mistral
who was a native from Elqui Valley where pisco grape
s are grown.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an pisco
Pisco
Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored grape brandy produced in winemaking regions of Chile and Peru. Pisco was developed by Spanish settlers in the 16th century as an alternative to orujo, a pomace brandy that was being imported from Spain...
owned by Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas
Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas
CCU is a Chilean company of the diversified beverages, but operates in the food sector founded in 1902. With operations in Chile and Argentina....
(CCU). The brand takes its name from the Chilean nobel literature laureate Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
who was a native from Elqui Valley where pisco grape
Grape
A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...
s are grown.