Episode 6 - Mezonte Project and Mezcales of Jalisco
Release Date: 09/26/2019
Maestros del Mezcal Podcast
Welcome to the first Blind Tasting With... Episode; In this series we will try to understand the processes that different people go through when decifering what is in their copita during a blind tasting.
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We interview Diana Pinzón, a biologist, conservationist and co-founder of Zinacantan mezcal. Diana poses 10 questions for the California Agave Council and expresses her concern for protecting endemic agave in Mexico and the bio-cultural heritage they represent.
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We continue our investgation into the plant known as Espadin in Oaxaca; This time following genetic trail. Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo from UNAM in Mexico City talks to us about Agave angustifolia and it's possible origins among other things.
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Recorded sometime in 2022 - we finally edited this interview / tasting we did with professional cheesemonger, Julia Gross. Some fun and insightful stuff about cheese and mezcal pairing in general.
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We begin to research the origins of the plant known as "Espadin" in Oaxaca.
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Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California
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A conversation with Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council
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Our new host Vinik Jure and Rion Toal talk about the importance of words when it comes to the preservation of traditional mezcal.
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Aromatic Compounds in Mezcal - Gas Chrom Mass Spec
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We start to dive into how mezcal ages and which mezcal ages best.
info_outlineDid you know there may be thousands of Traditional Mezcal producers in Jalisco? In this episode we talk with Pedro Jimenez Gurría of Mezonte and Pare de Surfir about his projects and about the diverse mezcales of Jalisco.