We Love Mezcal
A contemporary cultural journal exploring mezcal, its people, places and possibilities, where tradition meets a bolder, brighter future.
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From the archive
Journal →Mezcal 101: An Introduction to the Mexican Spirit
What mezcal is under Mexican law, where it can be made, and how its categories and classes are organised.
The Mezcal Production Process: From Agave to Bottle
Five stages, a lot of fire and time: harvest, cooking, milling, fermentation and distillation.
Agave Varieties: Exploring the Diversity of Mezcal
One spirit, dozens of plants. How to read an agave's name, and why diversity is also a responsibility.
Mezcal at the Bar
How to build a mezcal cocktail without burying the agave, plus three original house recipes.
Denomination of Origin and Regulation
What mezcal's denomination of origin protects, who certifies it, and what separates an artesanal from an ancestral mezcal.
Sustainable Cultivation: The Future of Agave
Output grew eightfold in a decade. What that means for wild plants, and what to ask as a drinker.
We write about mezcal the way one writes about a place: with names, sources and time.
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