Mezcal boom changes lives for Oaxacan families - CBS News
WEB1 day ago — September 29, 2024 / 7:32 PM EDT / CBS News. Armando and Alvaro Hernandez are fourth-generation mezcal producers from Oaxaca, one of Mexico's poorest states. In the 80s and 90s, when the Hernandez ...
Mezcal emerges from tequila's shadow as Mexican production grows - CBS News
WEB1 day ago — Demand for mezcal was low for years, but interest and sales have soared. The vast majority of the spirit is made in Oaxaca, Mexico, where family-owned distilleries dot the landscape.
Mezcal producers preserve traditional methods as demand for ... - CBS News
WEB1 day ago — Demand for mezcal was low for years, but interest and sales have soared. The vast majority of the spirit is made in Oaxaca, Mexico, where family-owned distilleries dot the landscape.
Watch 60 Minutes: Mezcal traditions preserved as demand grows
WEBMezcal producers preserve traditional methods as demand for liquor grows | 60 Minutes. Demand for mezcal was low for years, but interest and sales have soared. The vast majority of the spirit is made in Oaxaca, Mexico, where family-owned distilleries dot the landscape. Air Date: Sep 29, 2024.
The Race to Save Mezcal From the World | Smithsonian
WEBOaxaca may be next, but there are still pockets in mezcal country where traditional, responsible agave agriculture endures. Medellín is hopeful that it’s not too late to find a sustainable path...
Mezcal Popularity Could Mean Another Tequila Boom for Mexico
WEBFeb 20, 2024 — Most tequila is a mass-produced commodity churned out in gleaming factories by the global liquor giants, but mezcal still comes from thousands of small family operations across Oaxaca and eight...
If You Sell ‘Oaxaca in a Bottle,’ What Happens to Oaxaca?
WEBNov 6, 2021 — Fausto Zapata, the chief executive and co-founder of El Silencio mezcal, hovered over a 45-foot-long table at his company’s plush resort outside of Oaxaca City, in the agave fields of...
L.A.'s Oaxacan community rallies after wildfire devastates a …
WEBMar 15, 2024 — A deadly wildfire that devastated rural Oaxaca has struck an emotional chord in Los Angeles, home to the largest Indigenous Oaxacan community outside Mexico.
A Mezcal Boom Spurs Creative Approaches to Dwindling Agave
WEBFeb 1, 2017 — In Oaxaca, it’s up to maestros mezcaleros like Güendulain to preserve that inheritance even as the spirit is being adopted by a hip cosmopolitan elite. (Learn about the relationship between agave...
Magical Mezcal: journey to Oaxaca among small Distilleries and …
WEBFeb 18, 2024 — The producers and their families have contributed to making the discovery of the Oaxaca territory unique and exciting; reaching their homes is worth the journey and will show what is really behind every bottle of Mezcal …
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