Making wine from tubers: Manuel Choqque, pioneering high altitude Oxalis in Peru's Sacred Valley скачать в хорошем качестве

Making wine from tubers: Manuel Choqque, pioneering high altitude Oxalis in Peru's Sacred Valley

Have you ever tried wine made from potatoes? Or oca? Manuel Choqque Bravo makes both, and Amanda Barnes discovers more about his incredible Oxalis wines while visiting his breathtaking high altitude fields in Peru's Sacred Valley. Learn more about the wines and gastronomy of Peru in The South America Wine Guide https://southamericawineguide.com/book Manuel is one of nine children and his family have cultivated oca and different tubers and potatoes for generations. He helped that those traditions to a different level, through research and cultivating more than 70 types of oca and over 200 potato varieties, which he calls 'super papas' or super potatoes. He also pioneered this beautiful fermented drink, or 'oca wine', known as Oxalis. His production of Oxalis is one of the most sought-after native tuber drinks in the top restaurants of Lima, and he is set to open his own restaurant in the Sacred Valley soon... watch this space!