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Because of its tradition and history, the Pisco is an emblematic product of Chile. The industry of Pisco includes 9.812 hectares integrated by 2.700 producers of Pisco grape, of which the 89% belongs to the Region of Coquimbo and 11 % to Atacama’s Region. This two Chilean Regions are the only producers of Pisco, sustained in the Name of Origin.
The producing companies of Pisco and his brands are the visible face of this agroindustry on the market. Nowadays the industry is composed by 13 companies of Pisco elaboration. Their decisions mark the rhythm of the whole chain of value, and are the first persons in charge of generating the sales that give life to the whole system.
The “Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera de Elqui Ltda.” (CAPEL) and the “Compañía Pisquera de Chile” are those of major size. There exist médium companies of Pisco also, as “Bauzá” and “Hacienda Mal Paso”, with an minor capacity installed but with a high technological levels incorporated in their processes, and which are supplied mainly from own production of pisco grapes.
Between the small companies are the company “San Félix”, located in the Valley of Atacama, where it produces another variety of Pisco called “Horcon Quemado”. In Elqui’s Valley of Coquimbo’s Region, it can mention to ”Los Nichos”, a historical company of Pisco, his production is based in a traditional process with a limited production of Pisco of quality, differentiated by graduations and years of conservation.
“Pisco ABA” while it is a small Pisco Processing plant, with familiar tradition, with a limited production of young Pisco principally. In the Valley of Limari we can find the “Pisquera Tulahuen”, they produces the “Pisco Waqar”.
Another similar company profile is “Pisquera Rio Elqui”, which involved of a different and dynamic way in the chain of value, across the production of grape for Pisco: “mostos”, “aguardiente” and grapes alcohol, for different uses and destinations; and that develops his production and business in close connection with the group of Pisco companies.
These companies are grouped in the “Asociación de Productores de Pisco A. G.”, which represents the common interests of the industry, promoting the development of the business under the eaves of the Name of Origin of Pisco.
This organism, constituted in year of 2003 on the occasion of the accomplishment of an Agreement of Clean Production on the part of the principal industries of the sector, remains and there fortifies in the time in response to the need to rely on a relating entity that he should guard over the interests of the companies of the sector, and that is a valid counterpart for the dialogs public deprived that are generated in his development environment.
It is integrated practically by the totality of the companies of Pisco present in the Regions of Atacama and Coquimbo, and it is an official representative organism of the agroindustry of the Pisco.
Pisco’s promotion area.
Under the context of regional Strategy to development of the productive sector of Coquimbo Chile, PiscoSpirits: the Competitiveness Improvement Program of the Pisco Industry has begun.
The primal objective of PiscoSpirit is intensify the competitiveness of Pisco, positioning this distilled as a Premium product and experience itself over the world. All of this trough the integration of each Pisco company’s perspective and one agreed vision. Starting coordinated activities to improve placement of Chilean Pisco under international markets. Under this context and with the Chilean Government trough ProChile, the pisco companies, and the” Asociación de Productores de Pisco”, the sectorial brand PiscoChile is born.
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