tequila BOOK author clayton Szczech at powell’s in portland
“A Field Guide to Tequila” author Clayton Szczech will present and sign the book at Portland (OR)’s Powell’s City of Books on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm. The…
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 Catarina Illsey and Jorge Larsen…
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 A.C. (2018). Paulina Machuca’s El…
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 two strongly worded June 30…
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, that just doesn’t seem very…
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 laws defining tequila have existed….