Aug 22, 2019 | Bars and Restaurants
If landing a spot on the Las Vegas Strip isn’t making it in the mainstream, I don’t know what is. Mezcal continues to soar to new popular heights, as the opening of Mama Rabbit in the Park MGM is just around the corner on September 13th, 2019. The 4,000+ square foot...
Aug 21, 2019 | Agave, Michoacan, Travel
Learning about agave varieties is fun but complex. Particularly outside of Oaxaca where the regions have less resources and it is a slower process to officially distinguish and classify agave species, the communities rely on internal knowledge. One of the most...
Aug 19, 2019 | Michoacan, Travel
Mezcal history is always a little murky, and often-times the best sources are trusted people’s stories, rather than historical texts. This is especially true in Michoacan, where mezcal was forced underground–both figuratively and literally for a long stretch of...
Aug 1, 2019 | Brands, Tasting Notes
Intro Wahaka’s latest experiment in the mezcal world is all about barrel swapping. It’s called Repo on Rye and it’s a true crossover, mezcal aged in whiskey barrels while the whiskey company tries out its own project of aging whiskey in mezcal barrels. Details...
Jul 25, 2019 | Tasting Notes
Intro Wahaka’s second new project of the year is a back to the future Ensemble en Barro. Details Location: San Dionisio Ocotepec Agave: Cultivated 80% espadin and 20% arroqueño Maestro Mezcalero: Alberto Morales Mendez ABV: 45% Batch: 170 bottles NOM: O148X Background...
Jul 23, 2019 | Denominación de Origen
This past week Tales of the Cocktail managed to happen successfully in New Orleans. For a few minutes there it seemed like the apocalypse was going to descend, fortunately it was spared and the confluence of bartenders, spirits producers, and all the hangers on that...
Jul 23, 2019 | Denominación de Origen, Oaxaca
Last August, Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property or IMPI, announced that it had accepted applications for Aguascalientes, Estado de Mexico, and Morelos to be included in the mezcal denomination (officially called the Denominacion de Origen or DO for...
Jul 22, 2019 | Agave, Making Mezcal, Sustainability
Let’s say you want to make mezcal or just learn how to propagate agave. There are plenty of resources out there but now there’s a pamphlet that is designed just for you. It’s in Spanish so that may deter some, but it’s also illustrated so there’s a really nice visual...
Jul 17, 2019 | Agave, Sustainability, Tequila
I’m still catching up with things from my trip so I’m late to this Insta post from Tequila Matchmaker last month which charts what they know about blue agave prices today and projected into the future. View this post on Instagram Here’s the good news on the “agave...
