Mezcal has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past decade. Anyone who has been to a high-end cocktail bar recently ...

If you’ve heard of tequila, it might be time to introduce you to its smokier cousin, mezcal. With Cinqo de Mayo around the corner, there has never been a ...

In between loads, we drink shots of Garcia Vasquez’s potent, smoke-tinged mezcal. We toast in Zapotec, “Stigibeu!” (stee-gee-BAY-oo), thanking the earth for its bounty by pouring out a few ...

It has never been easier to get into the world of mezcal. A few years back, when the artisanal mezcal market started to really pop off, all sorts of new brands emerged. Many of those brands were ...

But in time that may change—that is, if Cimino and bar manager Yuri Polyachenko succeed in their efforts to locally champion Mexico’s other agave-derived liquor: mezcal. Mezcal is a perfect ...

Mezcal has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past decade. Anyone who has been to a high-end cocktail bar recently has probably seen a mezcal cocktail on the menu or a few bottles on the ...