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- ↑ Official Republic of Peru Congress site Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official INDECOPI Site Archived 2011-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official National Commission of Pisco CONAPISCO site Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official Por Las Rutas del Pisco site
- ↑ Pasión por el Pisco Amazon page
- ↑ Libros Latinos page for Rutas y Sabores
- ↑ Official Pisco Portón site
- ↑ Dicum, Gregory,The Pisco Book, Clear Grape LLC 2011, pg.22, ISBN 0-615-42664-6