Sep 24, 2019 | Events, Food, Mezcal: Mexico in a Bottle
We are very excited for this coming Sunday’s South to North Mexico in a Bottle event at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles. It’s a slightly different take on our usual Mexico in a Bottle events, primarily because doing this event in Los Angeles...
Sep 19, 2019 | Events, Mezcal: Mexico in a Bottle
A couple of years ago we partnered with a taco festival in Denver to help overhaul its tequila program to mezcal. The resulting Mexico in a Bottle was what we like to call “another f$%king learning experience.” So when the opportunity came along produce...
Aug 27, 2019 | Events, Oaxaca, Tastings
That’s the title of this video promoting “Vive Mezcal,” a new mezcal event in Oaxaca scheduled for this coming September 12-14th. As you can see the video is heavily business focused, very well produced, and culminates with a candle lit hipster celebration. What’s...
Jun 27, 2019 | Brands, Events, Making Mezcal, Oaxaca, Travel
When I first heard about CNI Brands’ Dia del Mezcalero last year, I was equally curious and skeptical of what a trip to Oaxaca with more than 30 people in the industry could possibly be like. Rumor said rough, with all of the usual organizational issues that...
Jun 26, 2019 | Brands, Events, Media
By Tess Rose Lampert, mezcal educator and frequent Mezcalistas collaborator. Exhibitors at BCB 2019 From an agave centric point of view, 2019 Bar Convent Brooklyn (BCB) was a little light, but what it lacked in substance it certainly made up for in spectacle. Of...
Jun 5, 2019 | Agave, Denominación de Origen, Events, Making Mezcal, Sustainability
I’ve been writing about agave distilling projects in California and sotol distillation in Texas for some time because they’re expanding the world of mezcal. Those projects are interesting for what they are in and of themselves and because of questions they raise about...
