The story
Chile's terremoto, or earthquake, mixes pipeño, a young and rustic white wine, with pineapple ice cream and grenadine. Sweetened wines and pineapple punches were already popular in Santiago, but the drink took its name after the strong earthquake of March 1985, and two old bars claim it. La Piojera, open since 1916, says its customers ended up shaking as if in a quake. El Hoyo tells of German reporters, in town to cover the disaster, who stumbled out after a round and declared it a real earthquake. It is now a fixture of September's Fiestas Patrias, followed by a smaller glass called a réplica, or aftershock.
Rival claims
El Hoyo vs La Piojera; both are in Santiago, so the city is not in doubt.
Also known as terremoto chileno, earthquake cocktail.
On the Meridish menu
Terremoto was the aperitif course on menu No. 8 on October 8, 2026. Its clue in the game, which hints at the place without naming it:
Cheap white wine topped with pineapple ice cream and grenadine. Its name means 'earthquake', and two old bars in this capital say they created it after the 1985 quake.
In Meridish, every dish is pinned to the town or city most widely credited with creating it. A guess within 25 km scores all 100 points. How scoring works.
Sources
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