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 […]
Start with an incredible love of mezcal. Add a jigger of chutzpah, an ounce of craziness and a dash of people from across the bay area. Shake it. Strain it […]
A renaissance man. How else to describe a man who moves with the ease of a chameleon between computers, graphic arts, photography, action figures and that wonderful elixir from Mexico, […]
Here’s the bare bones… Susan Coss, Max Garrone and their team from Mezcalistas put on a great event Sunday in San Diego. Held at an expansive site called Bread & […]
For many visiting Oaxaca, the closest they’ll ever get to the heart of the mezcal world is a small shop on Calle Macedonia where they’ll be able to sip a […]
“Dave” he asked, “what food do you miss most when you are not in Oaxaca?” We were sitting in the Restaurante Guelaguetza in Los Angeles and the person asking me […]
Wine and cheese are two words usually associated with places like Napa Valley and France, not the dry dusty climes of Baja California. But that is exactly where I was […]
The other day I was at a conference and the speaker gave a great piece of advice… “Never assume you are the smartest person in the room.” What he was […]
The world of mezcal has descended on Oaxaca today to consider some important changes in how the average person experiences and understands mezcal. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, and whether you enjoy your mezcal in a cocktail, or neat, the meetings going on right now in Oaxaca […]
I first met the award winning Erick [Almamezcalera] Rodriguez out at one of the many mezcal palenques in Oaxaca. For the uninitiated, that’s a place where mezcal is made and bottled. Think of it as a distillery. I was taking a tour and Erick was there to share his ability to […]
