We are thrilled that the British Museum has included 2 Peruvian Objects in BBC Radio 4 series "History of the World in 100 objects". This series is in our view, one of the best radio series and a ground breaking initiative by a Museum, to educate and enlighten the public. The featured Paracas Textile appears in its Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC) topic in the first series which was broadcast in February 2010. You can listen to it here! Or download the podcast. We encourage you to listen to it and hope it will fuel your desire to travel the world, and come visit Peru. On the first series of this broadcast only 3 objects of the Americas were featured, 1 from Peru and 2 from Mexico. Stay tuned for the second Peruvian object featured, coming soon!
We are thrilled that the British Museum has included 2 Peruvian Objects in BBC Radio 4 series “History of the World in 100 objects”. This series is in our view, one of the best radio series and a ground breaking initiative by a Museum, to educate and enlighten the public….
Peruvian Pisco Pisco is Peru's national spirit, a brandy made by distilling grapes and enjoyed in its pure form or used to mix the most popular cocktails: the Pisco sour and Chilcano. Pisco Experiences in Ica The oasis of Ica, situated around 300km south of Lima, is home to one of Peru’s key wine and pisco-producing vineyards and the most convenient place in Peru to sample the local tipple. Hidden amidst rows of grapes, sits the sprawling bright-pink Hacienda Tacama, a standout winery in the region, which lays claim to being both the oldest winery in South America and Peru’s largest. Hacienda Tacama offers pisco and wine tasting tours, optionally combined with private lunches and a traditional paso horse demonstration. The exclusive wine cellar can be hired for tasting sessions and private dining. Pisco Tasting Tour in Arequipa Far less visited than Ica, outside of Arequipa's city centre there are similarly fertile grape-growing regions which can be visited as a day trip. Peruvian Pisco in the press From the San Francisco Magazine, June 1 2010 “The Peruvians,” says Duggan McDonnell, founding partner of Sutter Street cocktail mecca Cantina, “are not very good at marketing.” Indeed, as I learned from bartending alongside McDonnell for a couple of years at Cantina, most San Franciscans have never tasted pisco, the Latin American country’s iconic spirit. McDonnell is setting out to change this: Along with two partners, he has created his own brand. Campo de Encanto hits San Francisco shops and bars this month. “Do you get the chocolate and mint?” McDonnell asks, waving a half-full glass under my nose. “The pear, spring flowers, jasmine, and white pepper?” His wine rhetoric is appropriate for pisco, which, like cognac, is made from grapes that are fermented into wine, then distilled. The difference is that pisco is not
Peruvian Pisco Pisco is Peru’s national spirit, a brandy made by distilling grapes and enjoyed in its pure form or used to mix the most popular cocktails: the Pisco sour and Chilcano. Pisco Experiences in Ica The oasis of Ica, situated around 300km south of Lima, is home to one…
We are absoutely thrilled to have had a very successful turnout at the Instituto Cervantes in London, where Marisol Mosquera gave a talk on Peruvian Contemporary Art. Peruvian contemporary art is very exciting at the moment, with a number of young artists hitting the international scene. Two of our favourites are Sandra Gamarra and Fernando Bryce, both who live in Europe and have their work both at the MOMA and Tate Britain. The most exciting trend however, in our view, as promoters of all that is authentic and Peruvian are the artists whose subject matter and narrative is deeply connected to its Peruvian roots. To name just the few whose work was reviewed during the talk, there is Christiam Vendayan from Iquitos, and Fernando Gutierrez "Huanchaco" and Pablo Patrucco both from Lima. For a transcript of the talk, please contact us. We encourage you to explore Galleries and collections during your visit to Lima. For more information on the art scene in Lima, please go to the Museo de Arte de Lima, MALI; Galeria Lucia de la Puente and MicroMuseo
We are absoutely thrilled to have had a very successful turnout at the Instituto Cervantes in London, where Marisol Mosquera gave a talk on Peruvian Contemporary Art. Peruvian contemporary art is very exciting at the moment, with a number of young artists hitting the international scene. Two of our favourites…
For all Art Lovers out there! As part of our mission of being "conduits of Art and Culture to a Discerning Clientele" Aracari's own Marisol Mosquera is giving a talk on Peruvian Contemporary Art at the Instituto Cervantes, 102 Belgrave Square, London on May 26.
For all Art Lovers out there! As part of our mission of being “conduits of Art and Culture to a Discerning Clientele” Aracari’s own Marisol Mosquera is giving a talk on Peruvian Contemporary Art at the Instituto Cervantes, 102 Belgrave Square, London on May 26.
We are delighted to announce that on April 3rd, Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon achieved a career first by re-opening Machu Picchu to visitors. After an around-the-clock two month effort to repair a 17 mile section of the railroad track, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief as the sun shone down as the first visitors made their way into the ancient city. Traditionally seen as the ‘crown jewel of Peru’, the whole country suffered 66 days of closure after torrential rains damaged the railway, which other than by foot is the only way to access the fabled ancient city. With no damage to the site itself, the reopening is massively welcome, not least for the poor families who rely on their income from this UNESCO World Heritage Site. However, there is a sliver of a silver lining to this cloud. With no Machu Picchu to rely upon the diversification of tourism marketing in Peru which was already taking place has sped up, and this, the most varied and exciting of South American nations is starting to display its multi-faceted wealth and beauty which extends way beyond the Inca civilization and their mountainous enclaves. The word ‘diverse’ is often as over-used as ‘magical’ to describe a destination, yet Peruvian geology, cuisine, culture, ecology and history is genuinely as diverse (and as magical) as it comes. Split by the magnificent Andes mountain range that ripples down the length of the country, Peru is home to over half a million square kilometers of Amazon rainforest and almost 2,500 kilometers of dry, arid coastline. If that boggles the mind, then imagine the thousands of species of birds, animals and plants that live here. Just as there are many species still left to be discovered, this is one of the richest areas of archaeology
We are delighted to announce that on April 3rd, Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon achieved a career first by re-opening Machu Picchu to visitors. After an around-the-clock two month effort to repair a 17 mile section of the railroad track, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief as the sun…
