GringoExploring Cachaça with Dirley Fernandes — Cachaça for GringosThere are a few people that nearly everyone in the cachaça community points to as essential to bringing the market to where it is today…Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020
GringoA Conversation with Marcel Rates — Cachaça for GringosSeveral years ago, just after I arrived in Brazil, I decided I wanted to write about cachaça. Of course, I knew nothing about cachaça. So…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
GringoReflections, Part 3: Overwhelmed by Flavor — Cachaça for GringosUntil relatively recently, consumers thought of cachaça as one thing: prata (or silver). There were probably a few rebels who aged their…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
GringoReflections, Part Two — Cachaça for GringosI can divide the places I visited into three categories. This categorization is based purely on what representatives of different…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
GringoReflections, Part One — Cachaça for GringosMuch like my cachaça trip, my writing thus far has focused on my experiences. I’ve said little about my perceptions, and so, with plenty…Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
GringoCachaça trip Day 11: Curitiba and Brasilia — Cachaça for GringosWhen visiting Curitiba, any individual or group that has an interest in cachaça must visit Orlando Regis. It just so happened that while I…Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
GringoCachaça trip Day 10: Morretes — Cachaça for GringosI repeated my morning walk around town, came back and ate breakfast, and headed out to Porto Morretes, traversing the same dangerous road…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
GringoCachaça trip Day 9: Morretes — Cachaça for GringosMorning in Morretes. I left the pousada because I woke early. Breakfast wouldn’t be served until eight. Clouds covered the…Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020
GringoCachaça trip day 7: Luis Alvez and Itajaí — Cachaça for GringosI’d been on the road for a week when I woke up in Itajaí, my last full day in Santa Catarina. The storm clouds had cleared and there were…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
GringoCachaca trip, Days 5 and 6: Florianopolis, Itajai, Luis Alves, Santa Catarina — Cachaça for GringosI departed Nova Petropolis at 6:30 am. There were so many more things to see in Rio Grande do Sul, of that I was sure. But I had to get on…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020