Oct 17, 2018 | Brands, Denominación de Origen, Tequila
Just when you think you’ve reached peak tequila along comes this Teslaquila story to blow all your assumptions out of the water. The latest chapter was Elon Musk’s October 12th tweet: Visual approximation pic.twitter.com/sMn3Pv476Y — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)...
Oct 1, 2018 | Encyclopedia of Mezcal, Making Mezcal
The tina is the fermentation vessel for mezcal. The exact translation in Spanish is tub, bathtub, vat, or large jar. Traditionally these are made from wood similar to a large wine barrel with an open mouth. Originally fermentation vessels were animal hides and...
Sep 29, 2018 | Making Mezcal
The CRM’s focus on chemistry in mezcal may not be that misdirected because there’s a gold rush on for synthetic alcohols. Check out this Verge article about Endless West’s pivot from synthetic wine to whiskey even if their logo has a very distinct...
Sep 28, 2018 | Denominación de Origen
If you thought that the ongoing debate over the meaning of mezcal and its appellation is an isolated case, then it’s high time to explore and dig into similar arguments in the wine world. Ever since appellations were created for wines, arguments over who is in...
