A Conversation with David Suro-Piñera and Gary Nabhan on the Past, Present, and Future of Tequila and Mezcal
In 2022 sales of Tequila and Mezcal reached a record $6 billion in the United States according to DISCUS (Distilled Spirits Council of the United States). Driven by consumer interest in the premium and super premium categories and the growth of celebrity backed brands, the umbrella of agave spirits is the second
Make the World a Better Place by Putting Agaves in their Appropriate Spot in Culture, Agriculture, and Food Systems
If Agave Spirits offers new hope for desert agriculture in the Southwest and Mexico, it is by imagining how important a variety of agave products--not just tequila and mezcal---will be in the future, IF they grow in ways that use less water and pull down more carbon than conventional crop
Drink Carefully to Save Agaves, Rather than Ways that Hurt or Diminish them
Over half of all the 215 species of agaves described to date are among those million species now threatened on the dry, wrinkled face of this earth, the exquisite home that some of us now call Planet Desert. Many of the other thirty-five “mystery” agaves whose taxonomic status is yet
We are Concerned for the Health of the Land, as Well as the Health of the Workers
In our book to be released in May, David Suro & I spend a lot of effort exploring who gains and who loses through the many ways agaves are processed and sold: "We are concerned for the health of the land as well as for the health of the members
Time to come together to Delight in the Diversity of Agave Spirits
It is time to come together to delight in the diversity of agave spirits. But we are also determined to “deconstruct” and demolish that still-widespread assumption that tequila has some exceptional status among agave spirits.