Technically speaking, any agave spirit is a mezcal, the original agave spirit of Mexico that is thousands of years old, says Mike Moreno, Jr., owner of Moreno's Liquors in Chicago, Ill., a store with ...

With a layer of chips and salsa providing a landing strip, I'm tasting a flight of agave spirits at El Chucho in D.C. The last is a raicilla with a pungent nose and a fruity, funky flavor. Something ...

Like wine or beer, mezcal is a blanket term. In its broadest definition, it’s any distilled spirit made from the agave plant, which is known in Mexico as a maguey. Mezcal is meant to be sipped neat in ...

Editor’s Note: For our second magazine, we traveled to the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca to visit artisanal mezcal producers. While there, we encountered centuries-old techniques and a changing ...

Explore how Mezcal Amarás combines sustainable agave cultivation with responsible production to safeguard rare varieties while expanding the reach of its artisanal mezcal worldwide. Mezcal is surely ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

from Oaxaca City to Santiago Matatlán winds through the vast central valley of Oaxaca, an arid plain walled by scrub-colored hills. You’ll know you’re getting close when rows of what look like giant ...

Tequila has witnessed boom times over the last decade, with every booze-loving American celebrity either endorsing a brand or believing they can make one. But there’s more to Mexican liquor than blue ...

NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ -- Good Time Spirit Inc., the New York-based parent company of artisanal mezcal and ready-to-serve ...

Mezcal is all the rage, but how much do you really know about Mexico’s storied spirit? I asked Niki Nakazawa, the Oaxaca-based co-founder of the agave spirits company Neta (which just arrived in the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. In Melbourne, Tres A Cinco manager Caitlin Surrey prepares a Tommy's margarita, one of eight that ...