Heritage Mezcal

Jan 22 2025 56 ep. 30 mins 13
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A podcast about all things agave that ventures into baseball, marble, tlayudas and other delights.

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Rephrasing Spirits

Jan 22 2025 40 mins  
There are so many things that we just do. We don't know where did they start or why do we do them . Pure social inertia. Sharing drinks at a bar, at least for me, is one of those things. Many people in other places socialize or party differently. But in the West, cheering over cocktails, beers, or mezcalitos, if you are lucky, is the norm. In this conversation with Kraig Rovensk

Mezcal Beyond Commerce

Jan 07 2025 46 mins  
In this episode with Fabiola Santiago, President and Executive Director at Mi Oaxaca (an NGO which aims to “preserve Oaxaca’s indigenous food and beverage cultures through narrative change, education and collaboration with compatible organizations across borders”) we talk about so many things that I believe are critical for the future of mezcal. Things like how terrenos comun

Sharing Mezcal

Dec 22 2024 39 mins  
It is undeniable that mezcal has become a poster child in the alcohol world. A spirit that in a way brings us hope, because it is a reflection of many biocultural legacies. , Those beautiful relationships that are slowly formed between humans and their environments if both sides decide to respect and enhance each other. Yet, as pretty as all of this sounds, sharing mezcal is an inc

Scary Methanol

Dec 04 2024 28 mins  
Methanol is one of the scariest things I can possibly imagine. We’ve all read stories about people getting intoxicated. Losing their sight and sometimes even their lives. And with all of that as a backdrop I’ve always wondered: why is it that after sampling hundreds of agave and dasylirion spirits that have never been tested, have I never had any problems with this? That answ

¡Viva Chihuahua!

Nov 19 2024 32 mins  
Spirits are quite a weird thing. They are everywhere; you engage with them constantly at bars, concerts and restaurants and yet, it is rather difficult to share your thoughts and ideas about them. People get shy and weird when you try to dissect the origin, flavors or implications of a spirit. - Why can’t you just shut up and have fun! - I’ve been shouted at many, many times

Agave's Biocultural Heritage

Nov 05 2024 45 mins  
In this episode on Heritage Mezcal, I had the opportunity to have a delightful conversation with Eric Zandona. He is an incredibly booze-informed gentleman, and the organizer of the ADI’S International Spirits Competition, which, if you were to ask me, offers a great chance for brands of all sizes to break into the US market. Especially if you have something that may shock the ne

10,000 Years of Agave History

Oct 16 2024 34 mins  
Agaves and humans have always had an intimate relationship but, believe it or not, a significant part of if has nothing to do with booze. As we've discussed before in this podcast agaves provided to our ancestors with many charms; from clothing to nourishment. But given the fact that many of these relationships have disappeared, this wider understanding of agave is quite hard to im

Drink More Pox

Oct 03 2024 23 mins  
Pox, the quintessential Chiapas spirit, is probably the most mysterious Mexican drink that I've encountered in my life. It was a big part of my early 20's, but I never truly understood its technicalities or cultural relevance. Happily, thanks to Javier Oroz, who I just interviewed a few weeks ago (go check the Bacanora episode), I got to meet Zury Guindi. Zury started bottling bo

Tahona Mezcal Room

Aug 21 2024 26 mins  
This is the beginning of a series where both Roy and Chava go around the many venues that hold agave collections that they think are pretty and tasty. Some may be the usual suspects but others may be hiding in plain view, just like Tahona Mezcal Room. Join Chava and Julie Mann Wharton in a conversation that includes tips on how to party when in Brazil, the different types of cachac

Titanium Dioxide Against Vinasse

Aug 09 2024 15 mins  
Vinasse, which are maybe the most offensive byproducts when making mezcal or tequila, can be neutralized in a number of ways. Scientists are always trying to offer more efficient and cost effective options to neutralize this nasty stuff, and one of those experiments was brought to our attention by our brilliant medical correspondent, Ryan Aycock (aka Cocktail MD). The technical s