Everyone knows that you have two options when it comes to Mexican spirits: tequila versus mezcal. But what exactly is the ...

If you’ve heard of tequila, it might be time to introduce you to its smokier cousin, mezcal. With Cinqo de Mayo around the ...

When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal is more than just a simple distillation of agave. It reflects generations of focus on these unique and impressive plants. As opposed to tequila, only made ...

Long Island doesn’t lack for watering holes and eateries that trade in the art of making fanciful tequila and mezcal ...

But a breakdown in the historic relationship between agave plants and this primary pollinator is just one of many factors threatening the long-term ecological health of Mexico’s mezcal-making ...

“I used to say we’re in our infancy,” said Craig Reynolds, the founding director of the California Agave Council, who first ...

Put simply, mezcal is a spirit distilled from a variety of different species of agave plants in Mexico. If you ask the people who truly love mezcal, they offer a much more poetic definition.

According to Liquor.com, when the Spanish invaded Mexico in the 1500s, they used that same agave plant for distillation to create what is now known as mezcal. Soon after, blue agave plants were ...

When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal is more than just a simple distillation of agave. It reflects generations of focus on these unique and impressive plants. As opposed to tequila ...