The Mezcal Rush: Explorations In Agave Country
by Granville Greene /
2017 / English / EPUB
1 MB Download
"A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world's great drinks."
––
"A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world's great drinks."
––Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
Mezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been
reinvented as a pricy positional good popular among booze
connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail
ingredient. Unlike most high-end distillates, most small-batch
mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming
communities, often under challenging conditions. As Granville
Greene spends time with
Mezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been
reinvented as a pricy positional good popular among booze
connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail
ingredient. Unlike most high-end distillates, most small-batch
mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming
communities, often under challenging conditions. As Granville
Greene spends time withmaestros mezcaleros
maestros mezcaleros, who distill
their drinks using local agaves and production techniques honed
through generations, mezcal becomes a spirit of
contradictions––both a liquid language celebrating village identity
and craftsmanship, and a luxury export undergoing a gold-rush-style
surge.
, who distill
their drinks using local agaves and production techniques honed
through generations, mezcal becomes a spirit of
contradictions––both a liquid language celebrating village identity
and craftsmanship, and a luxury export undergoing a gold-rush-style
surge.The Mezcal Rush
The Mezcal Rush explores the complications that can
arise when an artisanal product makes its way across borders.
explores the complications that can
arise when an artisanal product makes its way across borders.
