Mezcal is all the rage, but how much do you really know about Mexico’s storied spirit? I asked Niki Nakazawa, the Oaxaca-based co-founder of the agave spirits company Neta (which just arrived in the ...

Ernesto Delgado’s petite North Oak Park restaurant, which opened earlier this year, narrows its focus to one of Mexico’s most ...

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That’s what most of the world thought mezcal was a couple of decades ago, because that’s all that was available outside the rural Mexican communities where it’s made. And although “mezcal con gusano” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Claudia Alarcón covers food, drinks and travel in places near and far. Isabel Santiago grew up among the agave fields in Oaxaca, ...

Casa Amaras is one of Mexico’s largest producers of Artisanal Mezcal. This month, the company celebrates its tenth anniversary. Its history and prospects are excellent metaphors for the evolution of ...

Aquilino García López, one of four mezcaleros who works with Colorado-based Mezcal Vago, harvests an agave on his land near the town of Candelaria Yegolé, Oaxaca. Photo by Joanna Pinneo The Local ...

It might sound cheesy to the uninitiated, but the more you talk to people in Oaxaca City, the more the word magical comes up. There’s a palpable quality about the Mexican city that courses through the ...

Alejandro Champion may be the Jesus of mezcal, with the gospel to match. The first time I encounter him, I have recently returned from a long trip through Mexico and Cuba. I am sitting at the bar at ...

Mezcal is certainly having its moment. The U.S. became the world’s largest market for the spirit in 2019 — surpassing even Mexico — and production increased by almost 10% in 2020. What’s more, Drizly, ...