I noticed this little item about noted San Antonio bartender and mezcal aficionado Houston Eaves moving on from the bar scene to work with Vago outside of Oaxaca so I had to reach out to Vago’s Judah Kuper and get the full story. Is Vago really expanding? Judah told me “funny, we are expanding to 1 employee.”
Apparently Vago has been on the lookout for other mezcals and for someone to help his father-in-law Aquilino García López. It sounds like a nice match, friends and business partners. Some could even cast it as a working vacation: “My friend Houston who is a member of the Tequila Interchange Project and one of the great bartenders of Texas is coming to help for 6 months in Oaxaca. He used to run a hotel in Costa Rica and speaks fluent Spanish, also he has been a huge agave advocate. I’m a bit overwhelmed down here doing everything production wise, so his help is going to be great.” Judah also assured us that “Vago did have an unbelievable first year and we of course would like to keep up the growth as much as possible without compromising our quality. I really think our mezcals will just get better and better.”
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