Pepe Moquillaza Wines

Starting out making one of Peru's finest piscos, José "Pepe" Moquillaza started to work with criolla grapes to make natural wines. Pepe seeks out old vines of criolla grapes - quebranta, italia, albilla and negra criolla - around the traditional Pisco grape-growing area in the south of Peru, and makes wine out of is 'wine lab' in Quilloay, Ica. Pepe is on a mission to define Peru's different terroirs and soil types by making wines across the desert and coastal regions of Peru in discrete categories and revive its wine heritage,