For many of us, our initiation into the culture of tequila, mezcal, and other agave spirits was love at first sip. We intuited that we were entering into an endlessly fascinating domain of Mesoamerican culture, agriculture, folklore, and pleasure, though we could not initially taste or see all the profound dimensions of the agave spirit world.
Even after we become agave spirits aficionados, we may be amazed at how often they surprise us with unforeseen pleasures and wondrous stories.
–Gary Paul Nabhan
