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...
Feb 4, 2019 | Agave, Events, Mezcal: Mexico in a Bottle, Tastings
We’ve got some changes afoot for Mexico in a Bottle this year, including a new logo and look, a new city, a couple of date changes, exciting additions of non-agave distillates, programming and more. There is no doubt that mezcal has opened the door for other...
Jan 31, 2019 | Denominación de Origen, Raicilla
There was news this week that raicilla would be getting its own Denominacion de Origen (DO). The devil of course is in the details. Having been overshadowed by the tequila industry, raicilla began taking root in consumers minds in the U.S. with the introduction of La...
Jan 29, 2019 | Denominación de Origen, Products, Tastings
While at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference last week, I had a chance to go to a special happy hour hosted by Desert Door, a desert spoon distillate, at the Havana Bar. I was interested in this company since I first heard about them, and since we first wrote about...
Jan 28, 2019 | Agave, Bars and Restaurants, Events, Tastings
Just back from the San Antonio Cocktail Conferences (my recap is here) where I was able to attend some terrific seminars helmed by a few leaders in the industry, who happen to be women. I say it like that because I am becoming increasingly uncomfortable with how...
Jan 25, 2019 | Brands, Cocktails, Events, Mezcals
Just back from five days at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference – a fun and enlightening industry gathering that was simultaneously overwhelming and intimate. It was a great opportunity to connect with some of the key players in the industry and attend some very...
Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Mezcalistas family suffered a tremendous loss last week, the passing of our resident musical director, and very dear friend, Edgardo Santamaria, DJ EKG. From our humble beginnings of the Music.Art.Mezcal series at a gallery in San Francisco to our Pop-up...
Dec 10, 2018 | Denominación de Origen
Just after Thanksgiving (perhaps just in time to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition…) the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the agency that oversees all things alcohol industry related, released its updated labeling and advertising regulations....
