Wine and Pisco Tour in Ica

Ica is known for itss grapes, so it only seemed right to go on a wine and pisco tour on our first full day here. The landscape is quite remarkable, having small oasis towns, like Ica, surrounded by miles of sand dunes. It hardly every rains becuase it is a desert, yet they are still able to grow and export many veggies and fruits, and produce some fine wines and even finer piscos. We started early on our tour, tasting our first wine by 10:30AM. We had three fascinating tours, one at an industrial wine and pisco vineyard, and two at artisan vineyards. We were encouraged to try everything, from white, to red, to straight pisco to pisco con leche. After the tour, we spent the rest of the afternoon by the pool and enjoyed a late supper at the hotel. We could feel a very enjoyable routine forming for the rest of the week; morning tours, afternoon swims and of course, lovely meals con pisco sours, wine and beer.