Book Review: Mezcalla: Tradición y cultura del mezcal michoacano, by América Minerva Delgado Lemus.
Book Review: Mezcalla: Tradición y cultura del mezcal michoacano, coordinated by América Minerva Delgado Lemus. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. (2020) Seven years ago, the late, legendary …
Book Review: El Vino de Cocos en la Nueva España by Paulina Machuca
Book Review: El Vino de Cocos en la Nueva España: Historia de una Transculturación en el Siglo XVII by Paulina Machuca. El Colegio de Michoacán …
Mezcal Regulatory Council Sanctioned, Fined by Mexican Government
Mexico’s Secretariat of the Economy (SE) has sanctioned and fined the Mezcal Regulatory Council (CRM) for “deceptive, abusive” practices over the past three years. In …
Petit Bourgeois Pandemic Blues
This blog post was supposed to be the first in a series about the limitations of the mezcal, raicilla and tequila Denominations of Origin. However, …
My New Favorite Tequila – That Isn’t a Tequila
My new favorite tequila isn’t really a tequila, legally. It was made by a man whose family has been making tequila for centuries longer than …
A month in the agave life
I’m about to share some very intimate details of my life with you. Well, kind of. I’m an extremely private person, despite the intensely social …