Oaxaca and Mezcal go together like… well, let’s just say their tight! While you can get mezcal in other parts of the country, Oaxaca is ground zero for this trending 500 year old spirit. For the last 18 years, mezcaleros from across the state and mezcal enthusiasts from around the […]
Guelaguetza. Perhaps no other word is so identified with Oaxaca. The city, the state, and almost every detail of life imaginable in this southern Mexico state revolves around that word […]
One of the hardest things to get from someone involved in making mezcal is their list of favorite mezcals. Because their list usually begins and ends with their own brand. You’re really pushing these guys when you ask them to offer up the competition. I recently asked Eduardo Belaunzarán of […]
Last week I got a series of packages at my home in Las Vegas. Each one of them was filled with chef coats of various sizes, like the ones worn […]
A recent article on water and Baja California included this choice morsel… “Ensenada, the only municipality in Baja California that does not receive water from the [Colorado] river, has been […]
We’ve been asked many times how we do our mezcal tastings. So let’s pull the curtain back a little and give you the skinny. First, all of our tastings are done by Ed Draves. Ed has spent many years in the wine business, selling, buying, tasting and everything in between. […]
People from Mexico City dismiss it. Folks from the rest of the country can’t resist it. And it’s on many “must see” lists if people are visiting the sprawling Mexico City, now […]
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