Mezcal myths and marketing

Mezcal myths and marketing

Feb 26, 2019 | Denominación de Origen, Media

I’m always happy when mezcal gets the limelight treatment. Gone, hopefully, are the days when the trend in major media was to talk about it as “tequila’s smoky cousin” or a labored description of it as something other than the bottle with the worm in it. Sadly mezcal...

Agave on screen goes big time

Feb 6, 2018 | Events, Media

The story of mezcal is one that deserves its own category of films. It has everything – gorgeous vistas full of saturated color, rich history full of myth and romance and opera-like drama with the incredible stories of the families that have been making mezcal...

The year that was, the year that is

Jan 4, 2018 | Media

It’s that time of year where we try to synthesize some meaning from the past year’s events and make a few predictions about the year ahead. There were certainly cataclysmic events in the world of mezcal in 2017: Huge deals were made, all sorts of new...

A nice look at Cuish

Nov 1, 2017 | Brands, Media

When it rains documentaries, it can also pour. We just heard about this very affectionate short about Cuish and its founder Felix Hernandez. Cuish bottles mezcal from a collection of Oaxacan mezcaleros and also has a very nicely appointed tasting room in the city of...

Catching up with Emma Janzen

Oct 13, 2017 | Media, Oaxaca

(As you’ll read Emma is Chicago based so it’s only natural that we have a book release party during this weekend’s Mexico in a Bottle Chicago pre-game show. We’ll be at Estereo 3-6PM this Saturday so drop on by to talk to the author yourself and have a cocktail while...

Agave: Spirit of a Nation

Oct 11, 2017 | Agave, Media

Looky here, a new documentary about mezcal from the people who brought you Decanted featuring some of our favorite people in the mezcal world including Graciela Angeles, Aquilino Lopez, and Carlos Camarena. It won’t be ready for release until early 2018 so stay...