Jul 10, 2019 | Mezcal Collaborative, Mezcal Week, Mezcals, Sustainability, Tasting Notes
Mezcal Week began four years ago with the very simple idea of promoting mezcal in all its glory for one whole week everywhere in the world. Each year we have doubled in size with last year more than 130 participants from around the world highlighting cocktails,...
Jul 9, 2019 | Agave, Making Mezcal, Mezcals, San Luis Potosi, Travel
Part one of this two part series can be found here. La Ruta del Mezcal – Day 2 The next morning we were met by Miguel Angel of San Luis Autentico, a tour agency offering a variety of tours for any visit in SLP. Miguel is fully fluent in English and a wealth of...
Jul 9, 2019 | Agave, Making Mezcal, Mezcals, San Luis Potosi, Travel
This is the first part of a two part series. The second part can be found here. The first thing I noticed were the lack of topes (speed bumps) as we left the San Luis Potosi airport in our rental car. Starting any mezcal adventure in Oaxaca comes with a steady supply...
Apr 11, 2019 | Brands, Mezcals
Maguey Melate is a new idea on the mezcal scene, a subscription service for small batch mezcals that will get you some of those small batch mezcals that you can’t find outside of Oaxaca delivered to your doorstep here in the US. but it’s so much more because the...
Mar 20, 2019 | Bars and Restaurants, Mezcals, Tastings
I had a chance to meet Ivan Vasquez, owner of Madre! at the recent Culver City screening of Agave: The Spirit of a Nation and arrange time for a visit while I was in Southern California for the week. It’s located in Torrance, or in LA speak, the South Bay. My friend...
Feb 7, 2019 | Bars and Restaurants, Brands, Mezcals
There is irony here. For eons in Mexico at bars and restaurants, most carried house mezcales, note lower case and not Mezcales. Someone usually had a connection through family or friends and offered them in glass or plastic jugs behind the bar. My early days in Oaxaca...
