April 21, 2023 Every year, I take good time to think through where I'm at with a handful of campesino mezcaleros with whom I've worked and befriended over the course of eight years. I think long and hard about aesthetics, mediums, ideas - lots of things really. To what this project or practice, known … Continue reading Artworks – 2023

$18,421 or 30% of the post-cost profit of 2022 redistributed as a % correlated to each family's part/contribution to the 7th Series of mezcals. Fund re-distribution as follows: Simeon Ramirez 14% Berta Vasquez 24% Aureliano Hernández 12% Abel Martínez 8% Reina Sanchez 16% Christina & Tio Chico (RIP) 4% Alejandrina & Nicolás Hernández 14% Luis … Continue reading 2022 Profit share – $18,421 to 8 families

A thank you to all those that visited, gave life & support to the Vivero Amigos del Maguey y la Biodiversidad, or simply supported from afar, between 2018 and 2021. Over these years, 47,000 agaves of all types, and mostly from seed, came to life that wouldn't have otherwise. That and a sterile piece of … Continue reading El Vivero/Nursery project 2018-2021: THANK YOU

21st Century Wine Co. October program ITEM 3: REZPIRAL MEZCAL - Producer Profit Share 2022 "Purchase any 3 bottles and receive one bottle Alejandrina & Nicolas - Espadín (Multiples ok) (10% of all program profits will be re-distributed to the producers of the Rezpiral group. This is a huge help to producer families and a … Continue reading 21st Century Wine Co. join the 2022 profit share

Private screenings with friends: Tortuga y Chango, Atlanta GA Tequila's Restaurant, Philadelphia PN Calvario, Oakland Cultura, Carmel CA Valentinas, Phoenix AZ El Crisol, Tucson AZ The Lexington, Cambridge MA Mujer Agave, Oaxaca OAX Espacio, Porto Alegre, Brasil

The second part of the multi-media short-film series "Rainy Seasons" // "Temporadas de Lluvia" is now viewable here below. This second part shares the perspectives and opinions of those who lent their voices, knowledge and image to the original film. "This brief compilation is an acknowledgement to all campesino/peasant communities who farm/produce in small-scale and … Continue reading Watch video online: Reflections upon Rainy Seasons // Miradas Acerca de Temporadas de Lluvia, 9 minutes 20 seconds.

August 5, 2022 – For years now agave seed from different family producers such as Berta, Reina or Simeon would be germinated and cared for in the Vivero Amigos del Maguey y la Biodiversidad. This year marks the permanent closure of the nursery/project after the municipality decided to take the land back, and in this … Continue reading Trasplantación de Agave, 2022

  "Rainy Seasons" / "Temporadas de Lluvia" which screens today May 1 at Loft Cinema, Tucson AZ. TEMPORADAS DE LLUVIA (Rainy Seasons), 202216 minutos: 16x9 : documentario/animación : A living nursery of wild agaves as an animated documentary.a short film by DANI EIZIRIKwith the voices of ABEL MARTÍNEZ MORALES, ALEX WHITE, BERTHA VASQUEZ, CHRYSTYAN ROMERO, … Continue reading “Temporadas de Lluvia / Rainy Season” LAUNCHING today May 1 at Loft Cinema Tucson AZ