5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience… with Andrea Ptacnik of Mezcal Animas & Casta Tribal
After a long self imposed writing hiatus, it’s time to get back to work. What better way than to do a post on mezcal. I recently had the chance to […]
Feliz Año Nuevo… The Top 5 Recommended Mezcals on Dave Miller’s Mexico
One of my favorite conversations with people who love mezcal is asking them for their 5 Mezcals Everyone has to Experience. It always stimulates discussion and I get lots of […]
5 Mezcal Everyone Needs to Experience… with Gilbert Marquez of Mezcal Ilegal
I was recently at Mexico in a Bottle, the “biggest, baddest” mezcal tasting event in North America put on by the Mezcalistas team of Susan Coss and Max Garrone. Gilbert Marquez of Mezcal Ilegal was also there. For those of you not familiar with Ilegal, just know this… they’ve made […]
5 Mezcals You’ve Got to Experience… with Victor Garcia of Mezcalogia
He’s young, only 25 years old, but he’s loaded with confidence. When I met Victor Miguel Garcia he was working five nights a week pouring mezcal and mixing drinks at […]
Dave Miller’s 5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience…
The other day I had a group of people with me from the states here in Oaxaca. A couple of them wanted to try a few different mezcals, so off […]
5 Mexican Spirits You Need to Experience… with Nick Zukin of Mi Mero Mole
Mexico has a much more diverse history of distilling spirits than most people realize, even tequila aficionados. [Here] I offer five of my favorites, each unique and among the very best booze of their kind in the world.
5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience… with Jorge Vera of Convite Mezcal
I arrived in Oaxaca and was waiting to receive my luggage when I noticed him. I just didn’t know who he was. Also waiting for his luggage was a guy wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Convite Mezcal logo. I approached him and introduced myself and soon learned I was […]
5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience… with Alberto Morales of Wahaka Mezcal
I sent a note to Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza Restaurant in Los Angeles a few years back asking if she could connect me to a guy making mezcal in San Dionesio Ocotepec who I had heard about. I was doing some writing for the Multi Cultural Cooking Network and wanted […]
5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience… with Eddie Gunn of Taco y Taco in Las Vegas
Traveling for weeks at a time in Mexico, it’s hard not to think of home here in Las Vegas. The struggle for me is that almost as soon as I […]
5 Mezcals Everyone Needs to Experience… with Susan Coss of Mezcalistas
A while back I did a post on the teachers unrest in Oaxaca. One of the people who saw it and connected with me was Susan Coss of Mezcalistas. As […]
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