Today September 22, I am happy to announce that 30% of 2020 profits from sales will be re-distributed to our campesino-mezcalero producers. The 10% share has been much needed over these past years, funding agrarian works and basic domestic needs. It will be very exciting to see what tripling this will mean for producers, their … Continue reading 30% profit share

September 2020 - As this year's cycle of agave (approx. 18,000) clear the Vivero and take route in mezcalero-controlled lands, another cycle is well on its way towards next year. Our beds are nearly full already with agave Coyote, Mexicano, Cuish, Tobala, Jabali, Espadin & Espadilla, all from seed growing and being nourished towards next … Continue reading 2020 – another cycle of agave clears, with the next well on its way

A second 2020 profit share payment has been issued to help producers & pueblos carry on agrarian work and sustain local agrarian economies in this challenging climate of significantly reduced mezcal sales. These payments met special requests from our four principle & longest serving producer families and align with our mission of supporting autonomous agrarian … Continue reading 2020 #2 Profit share declaration

about: "Temporadas de Lluvias" (Rain Seasons): result of Rezidency project #3, the documentation is a hybrid between collage, animation and audio recordings of the agaves' universe, a plant native to Mexico and central in it's culture. Part of that research is published in the book "Tiempo en las Raíces" (The Time at the Roots, 1st … Continue reading Teaser – rezidency project “Temporadas de Lluvias”

  "It’s an aesthetic presentation of the idea and art of mezcal in motion; Visual poetry, narrative and oral history. That’s mezcal for you."   https://mezcalistas.com/the-roots-of-mezcal/  

22 different batches from 6 campesino mezcalero/mezcaleras and pueblos. Released... Berta Vasquez, San Baltazar Chichicapam - Mexicano, 45 liters - Tobala/Tepextate   Aureliano Hernandez, San Baltazar Guelevila - Pechuga de Café, 130 liters - Arroqueño, 400 liters - Coyote   Abel Martinez, Santo Domingo Albarradas - Jabali/Mexicano - Tobala   Simeon Ramirez, San Agustin Amatengo … Continue reading Series 5

Underway - transplanting agave to secondary beds where campesino mezcaleros can continue to care for them, or directly to "el campo" or "el monte" if big enough. Evolving count: Berta Vasquez, 9472 (Tobala, Mexicano, Arroqueño, Tepextate, Espadin) Simeon Ramirez, 1025 (Mexicano, Arroqueño, Espadin, Madrecuish) Abel Martinez, 816 (Arroqueño, Espadin, Mexicano) Aureliano Hernandez, 330 (Arroqueño) Alberto … Continue reading Trasplantación, 2020

Its mid-April and our second cycle of agave are growing up slowly but surely. For this cohort, a water drip irrigation system and consistent application of a mycelium based microrganism brew allows the maguey excellent healthy growth. Some agaves will be ready for mezcalero campesinos to take back to their lands to transplant by early … Continue reading Update: Agave cycle #2 from el Vivero

In San Baltazar Guelevila, Maestro campesino mezcalero Aureliano Hernandez has envisioned and realized another vivero to grow and nurture agave. Here pictured, Aureliano and the vivero, stepped and irrigated with a gas powered generator that draws water from a spring below.