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Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera Elqui Limitada

The trademark of a Chilean spirits company, that produces pisco and wine1

Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera Elqui Limitada (CAPEL), also called Pisco Capel, is one of Chile's biggest spirits company and producer of pisco. Most of its croplands are in the Elqui Valley where the company was founded as a producers cooperative. It is one of the largest producers of Pisco in Chile (the other is the Sociedad Cooperativa Control Pisquero de Elqui y Vitivinículo de Norte Ltda (also called "Pisco Control")).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1935Founded1

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Valle del Elqui, La Serena-Chile
Photo: ZKP, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera Elqui Limitada (CAPEL), also called Pisco Capel, is one of Chile's biggest spirits company and producer of pisco. Most of its croplands are in the Elqui Valley where the company was founded as a producers cooperative. It is one of the largest producers of Pisco in Chile (the other is the Sociedad Cooperativa Control Pisquero de Elqui y Vitivinículo de Norte Ltda (also called "Pisco Control")). Together Pisco Capel and Pisco control produce 90% of Chilean piscos.2

The story

Capel was founded after Chile was devastated by the Great Depression. It began in 1938 as a way for farmers to join forces in the face of rapidly plunging exports. Initially the cooperative was just 15 individual grape growers from the Elqui Valley. Today it has expanded to over 1,200 members and associates in numerous grape-growing regions throughout Chile. It is considered one of the few successful cooperatives in Chile today.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cooperativa Capel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

The company does not only produces pisco under the Capel brand but has also other brands in the Chile market like:

Alto del Carmen

Artesanos del Cochiguaz

Valle del Limarí

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In addition Capel opened up its scope in 2006 producing numerous types of alcoholic beverages under the brand Capel drinks, including bottled caipirinha, and rum.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cooperativa Capel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1935Founded Founded1

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