Fausto Zapata and Vicente Cisneros, founders of the award-winning Mezcal El Silencio, have announced the launch of their first cristalino tequila—their first product in eight years. Tequila ...
Americans have vast choices now, and usually any restaurant or bar cocktail list will have mezcal and tequila drinks. In many large cities you may even have a bar specializing in them. That wasn ...
Mezcal has long been overshadowed by its sibling tequila, but this smoky spirit has gained a strong foothold with the drinking public as well. In fact, the market for mezcal is expected to double ...
Pulque is the oldest ancestor of two of Mexico's most popular alcoholic drinks, tequila and mezcal. It's not nearly as popular as the other two, but that wasn't always the case. In the late 1800s ...
Tequila and mezcal are both made by distilling agave, but there are a couple of significant differences between the two spirits. Mezcal is made by harvesting one of 50-plus species of agave, which is ...