On this website page, just scroll until you find an article published June 3, 2025, entitled Becoming a Master or Expert in Mezcal and other Agave Distillates Oaxaca mezcal tours - Mezcal Blog
SIP Magazine features the long journey of a mezcal (agave distillate) brand, its owners, and the San Baltazar Chichicapam family they represent. These three Washington state gentlemen are doing it the CORRECT way: Nosotros Avanzamos Juntos: We Move Forward Together - Sip Magazine
The downturn in tequila production due to how blue agave is reproduced, we explain on our educational excursions, will not happen with mezcal production, and there are a myriad of reasons: Blue Agave’s Genetic Decline Threatens Tequila Production
Punchdrink.com pipes in during October 2024, about the best places to drink mezcal in the US; I have friends and clients who own several mezcalerías in the US some of which are noted, but regretfully have only set foot in ones in Seattle ... and of course in Toronto: The 10 Best Mezcal Bars and Mezcalerías in the U.S. | PUNCH (punchdrink.com)
January 18: When visiting Oaxaca, here are some mezcal brands and palenques to seek out based on a recent blind tasting event held in Toronto. Both surprises and predictions prevailed at the end of the day: Takeaway From a Mezcal Blind Tasting - Tequila Aficionado Magazine
May 1: Notwithstanding the article below, there is much more to how you should decide what mezcal to buy, than considering the quality of the agave distillate. Does the brand owner do the "right thing?" How to Choose a Brand of Mezcal to Buy - Tequila Aficionado
May 1: Here's the latest installment about what the so-called experts have to say about the best mezcals currently in the US marketplace. I have trained two of them (Lane and Shad), so would tend to trust their opinions, but do remember that no two batches are the same, so what you sample from the list is likely not from the batch noted in the article, and the essay does not deal with the fact that arguably mezcals of equal or better quality are best sourced directly from small distilleries without access to the export market: Best Mezcal Brands Available in the US - Thrillist