Cachaça Tour (Pt. 4 of 6): Cachaçaria Vilarejo (Cachaçagora

October 07, 2009

Cachaça Tour (Pt. 4 of 6): Cachaçaria Vilarejo

It's helpful to think of this part of the cachaça tour as a bit of an intermission. Why? Well, you'll find out in the video.

Vilarejo cachaça was the first one served to me by my in-laws upon arrival in Brazil this time around. I was impressed.

What's been interesting to observe is how various distilleries make use of the bagaço ("bagasse" in English), which is the fibrous waste product that's left over from crushing the cane. Vilarejo uses it as fuel to heat the alembique. Maria Izabel turns it into fertilizer for the cane fields. Magnífica (coming in part six) burns it to fire their steam engine.

As for the rest, see the video and the slideshow.

Video

Photos

Posted by Phil Gomes on October 07, 2009 at 08:19 AM in Cachaca Tour 2009, Travel, Videos, Vilarejo | Permalink

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Hi. My name is Phil Gomes. By day, I work at a public relations firm as its senior vice president of digital integration. I'm a proud SF East Bay native who currently lives in Chicago.
I was introduced to cachaça by my wife, a Carioca. Her mom, in turn, is the president of the Confraria de Cachaça do Copo Furado, a group that meets monthly to talk about Brazil's indigenous spirit. I participated in one of their meetings when I vacationed in Rio in July 2008.
This started me thinking about the basic question of whether cachaça in the U.S. is today where, say, tequila was some decades ago.
So I decided to start this blog as a means to record and share the cachaça-related items I've been seeing day-to-day. I hope to be sharing recipes, impressions, and random thoughts as the U.S. continues to catch on to the potential for this particular spirit.
Oh... The name? "Cachaçagora" is a portmanteau of "Cachaça" and "agora", which is the Portuguese word for "now". In Greek, "agora" also means public square. I hope to meet the expectations of both.
Saúde!
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October 07, 2009