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Pisco Punch Book Signing and Reception
Wings of Cherubs author, Guillermo Toro-Lira will reveal the secrets of Pisco Punch, Old San Francisco's Mystery Drink, during his first 2008 book signing tour in Atlanta, GA and Miami, FL. Autographed copies of Wings of Cherubs will be available for sale and Pisco Punch will be served during this historic event.
Atlanta, GA
Pura Vida Restaurant
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 from 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Peruvian Consulate, Atlanta, GA
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Miami, FL
La Cofradia Restaurant
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 from 3 - 7 pm
Peruvian Consulate, Miami, FL
Event Date to be Announced
For more details or to RSVP email info@incaspirits.com
Event organized by Inca Spirits.
Alas de los Querubines (Wings of Cherubs) wins prestigious Gourmand 2007 Award
Saturday April 7th, 2007, Beijing, China
Guillermo Toro-Lira accepting Gourmand 2007 Award
The prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook 2007 Awards Ceremony took place at the Hotel Dragon Springs, in Beijing, China, from April 4th to the 8th, 2007. During the conference program, the author presented a lecture and a Pisco Punch tasting session. All attendees, world renown chefs ands cookbook writers, loved the punch. During the Oscar style awards ceremony, the book Alas de los Querubines (Wings of Cherubs) was honored as the "Best Wine Literature Book of the World (written in Spanish)." It is almost unnecessary to mention that the author was very proud for such a world class distinction. As an additional award, all participants had the pleasure on enjoying the great diversity of the Chinese culture, including its food, architecture and art. You can view more pictures of the Gourmand 2007 Award Ceremony and the Pisco Punch tasting session (PISCO PUNCH PARTY) by clicking here.
The great-great-grandson of Domingo Ghirardelli tastes Pisco Punch for the first time
Friday August 11, 2006, San Francisco, California
Sidney, Brenda and Tom enjoying the original pisco punch of San Francisco
Our great friend and historian Andy Cánepa and his wife Miriam were kind enough to invite us for dinner at their house in San Francisco, California, in honor of the visit to the city by Sidney Lawrence-Ghirardelli, the great-great-grandson of Domingo Ghirardelli, who emigrated to San Francisco from Lima, Perú, during the midst of the "gold rush" of 1849. We prepared the original pisco punch for this important occasion and Sidney was marveled by the smoothness and richness of the famous Sanfranciscan punch. Born in San Francisco, Sidney lives today in Washington D.C. where he is an Art Historian working for several museums and related institutions. Sidney wrote the article "The Ghirardelli Story" published in the magazine of the California Historical Society in 2002, where he detailed the life of Domingo and his descendants, some Peruvian, which were the founders of the today famous Ghirardelli chocolate factory. Sidney is visiting Peru for the first time this December and I am sure he will enjoy his stay as much as his great ancestor did during the 1830s and 1840s at the street Calle Mercaderes in Lima.
Presentation of Alas de los Querubines in San Francisco, California
La Casa del Libro - Saturday May 20, 2006, 7:30 - 10:00PM
The author during his presentation
More than thirty people attended the La Casa del Libro for the first public book presentation of Alas de los Querubines in San Francisco, California. One of the attendees was Mr. Nicolás Roncagliolo, General Consul of Perú in San Francisco. The presentation was done twice per the attendees request and it ended in an informal open discussion. All the attendees tasted the famous Pisco Punch of San Francisco and several bottles of pisco were raffled, which were kindly donated by BevMax and pisco Conqueror. Click here to see more pictures of this event.
Press Note - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores of Perú (in spanish) - May 26, 2006
Radio interview at Carlos Demarty's Show
Radio 1010AM, San Francisco, California - Friday May 19, 2006, 11:15AM PST
Carlos DeMarty with the author
Carlos DeMarty interviewed the author during his popular hispanic radio show in San Francisco, California. Carlos y Jorge Brignole gave their opinions about the book Alas de los Querubines and chatted with the author. Both praised the historical research done and the reading agility of the book. Jorge graciously mentioned that the research made, in his opinion, was more credible than that of DaVinci's Code. You can here the radio interview (in spanish) clicking here.
Presentation of Alas de los Querubines in Lima, Perú
Miraflores, Lima, Perú - March 28, 2006
The author during the presentation of the book
Sponsored by the City of Miraflores, the book Alas de los Querubines was introduced by the author at the La Rosa Náutica restaurant in Miraflores, Lima, Perú. Seventy guests attended, among them were the President of the Peruvian Congress, the Mayor of the City of Miraflores, members of the press and other celebrities. The presentation started with the words of Tomas Unger a renown Peruvian writer and author of the book's prologue. The author then presented an entertaining multimedia presentation about his research. After the presentation, pisco punch was served to all guests, which was prepared using the original recipe. Finally, the President of the Peruvian Congress gave a short speech praising the author for his research and for the publication of his book.
Make a virtual visit to the book presentation! (in spanish):
(video files in quicktime .mov format)
-Introductory words by Sr. Ing. Tomas Unger
-Explanation of the book's title
-What people said about Pisco Punch
-Words by Dr. Marcial Ayaipoma, President of the Peruvian Congress
Interview with Carlos Demarty
San Francisco, CA - January 19, 2006
Talking with Carlos Demarty
For the occasion of the 471th anniversary of the founding of the city of Lima, Peru, Carlos Demarty invited the author to talk about his book Wings of Cherubs in his popular hispanic radio talk show in San Francisco. Carlos transmitted from Lima and was joined by the reporter and historian Javier Aguero and Tulio Loza, a popular peruvian comedian. The author was in Demarty's studio in San Francisco with Jorge Brignole and José Castro. It was an entertaining dialog where the popular Tulio Loza made everybody laugh. Javier Aguero recognized the author for his book and research about pisco, which was made using unpublished historical sources of California.
San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco, CA - August 11, 2005
Serving Pisco Punch in San Francisco
The San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invited the Peruvian Consulate in San Francisco for the preparation of Pisco Punch for one of its business mixer events. The author prepared Pisco Punch with the original recipe, which was served to the audience. For this occasion, the author was interviewed by the hispanic Radio 1010 of San Francisco (audio of interview in spanish - 2.7MB - quicktime .wav format). Also, informative fliers about pisco were distributed to the public.
Community of Writers
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA - October 24, 2004
The author presenting the history of pisco in San Francisco
The Community of Writers of San Francisco invited the author to present and prepare Pisco Punch, using the secret recipe, for its 35th Anniversary reunion on October 24, 2004 in Fort Mason, San Franscisco. The audience was impressed by the smoothness and flavor of the punch, specially Oakley Hall, the founder of the association, and his wife Barbara.
First Preparations of Pisco Punch
Sunnyvale, CA - November 22, 2001
Fisrt preparation of Pisco Punch
The original Pisco Punch was first prepared, after almost 100 years, in the 2001 Thanksgiving Dinner, in Sunnyvale, California. After a few days, it was prepared again for a Christmas party the same year. A few months later, it was prepared, for the very first time, in Lima, Perú. During 2003, it was also enjoyed in Madrid, Spain and in Houston, Texas.
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