Perlas
Perlas is literally translated as "pearls" and means the little bubbles that form on the top of mezcal when it is agitated. It's a beautiful term for a phenomenon associated with our favorite spirit, but something else is going on
A very special tasting at Madre!
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
Exploring mezcal in Durango
This Durango piece comes from Tess Rose Lampert, mezcal educator and frequent Mezcalistas collaborator. She has organized our DC and NYC Mexico in a Bottle in-event programs and will be spearheading our upcoming Chicago in-event program. We are looking forward
Agave blind tasting #2
Taking advantage of being in the backyard of Khrys Maxwell we developed some programming around Mexico in a Bottle San Diego by co-hosting a blind tasting of agave distillates at Tahona Bar in Old Town San Diego last Monday. It was
Mexico in a Bottle San Diego In Pictures
We are not going to bury the lede - it did not rain! What a lovely day it ended up being for our second Mexico in a Bottle event at San Diego's Bread and Salt Gallery in Barrio Logan. More
San Diego here we come – what a weekend of mezcal it will be!
We can't believe it either, our first Mexico in a Bottle of the year is just a few days away. In addition to the big event on Sunday, we've also lined up a bunch of other great activities and events. Things
Cuastecomate or the amazing jicara
If you've ever been to Oaxaca you've seen the dried gourd halves in all the markets where there are piles of them in sizes ranging from those that fit the palm of your hand to those that are bigger than
New mezcal tours for 2019
It's a new year so it's time to start planning your mezcal travel. That's what we always do. What, you consider that abnormal? With more and more people planning their travel around food and beverages, we just gave our tours page a whole