A new wave of hyper-regional terroir-driven agave-based spirits have arrived Stateside. Here are some of the very best ...

Madera Community College is going to be known as a place for distillery science, and for agave in particular,” said Justin ...

The differentiation also preserves biodiversity within the agave plant kingdom ... which Luis Loya started to share tiny-batch mezcal from northern Mexico and other places that are underrepped ...

With all the buzz around popular agave spirits these days, it pays to know a thing or two about the surging category. The ...

All tequila is mezcal, but not all mezcal is tequila! The story of agave spirits begins in Mexico, where the blue agave plant is the source of tequila, while mezcal is crafted from various other ...

Mezcal is any spirit distilled from agave, but tequila is specifically made from Weber azul. Today, the terms can mean two different spirits entirely. While the heart of the agave plant is steamed ...

Agave spirits are incredibly popular at the moment, but that’s mostly relegated to tequila sales. Mezcal currently makes up just a small portion of the category, but it’s growing every year. There are ...