'Durango Delight' (Agave schidigera)is a compact agave type with dense leaves accented by curly white hairs. When it flowers, it sends up a red purple bloom on a stalk up to 10 feet tall. It's hardy ...

Agave is the heart of any bottle of mezcal. When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal is more than just a simple distillation of agave. It reflects generations of focus on these unique and ...

This past May my company Taste Select Repeat, a shopping and education resource for spirits, hosted a tutorial on types of tequila and mezcal. Besides sharing and analyzing pours, we also set the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Mezcal and tequila are both agave-based spirits, but they're different in flavor profile and where and ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

Mezcal is one of the fastest growing categories in the global spirits market, regularly achieving double-digit growth over recent years, and is quickly becoming a go-to drink for connoisseurs looking ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started ...