Mezcal has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past decade. Anyone who has been to a high-end cocktail bar recently ...

Tequila can only be made from Blue Weber agave, while mezcal can be derived from a variety of different species. Each has its ...

If you’ve heard of tequila, it might be time to introduce you to its smokier cousin, mezcal. With Cinqo de Mayo around the ...

We put eight bottles of mezcal to the blind taste test. Our top pick was a clear winner and punched way above its weight.

“I used to say we’re in our infancy,” said Craig Reynolds, the founding director of the California Agave Council, who first ...

But a breakdown in the historic relationship between agave plants and this primary pollinator is just one of many factors threatening the long-term ecological health of Mexico’s mezcal-making ...

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Among the diverse flora of Mexico, few plants are as iconic and culturally significant as the agave, specifically the blue ...