Heritage Mezcal

Cacao Para Todos

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Quizás sea un vicio de los malos,  pero siempre me han encantado los productos que son casi invisibles.  Por suerte algunos de ellos ahora empiezan...

Cuatro Cienegas Sotol

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most extravagant expressions I've had in a long time is Mauricio Cantú's Sotol, produced in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila. I had the privileg...

Vino del Norte ~ Spanish Spoken / Hablado en Español ~

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bienvenidos a Heritage Mezcal en Español.En este episodio con Alan Schubert y Enrique Cesard  nos acercamos a la muy improbable historia de los vino...

From Bleak to Lush Pt 2

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I think a lot about agriculture, in my mind it was the first way in which humans expressed themselves. They planted for survival, but also to meet and...

Coahuila's Sotol

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Coahuila is the third-largest state in all of Mexico. But in many ways, it is a discrete, unknown territory. I personally know very few people who hav...

Mecenas ~ Spanish Spoken / Hablado en Español ~

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

La totalidad de México me emociona y me entusiasma, pero últimamente, Guadalajara trae a mi corazón latiendo fuerte: sus calles, sus museos, la gra...

Agave Science Popurrí Pt. 2

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation with my dear friend Fabio Raya, we explore many of the ideas we were exposed to at the "VI Simposio Internacional de Agave". This...

Mexican Wine

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wine has a long history in Mexico, with its introduction arguably dating back to the 16th century. However, it was never massively consumed in the sam...

Querido Sotol ~ Spanish Spoken / Hablado en Español ~

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Este es el primer episodio que se graba en español y estoy tremendamente orgulloso de eso. Para esta nueva realidad paralela bilingüe del podcast, ...

Flavour Hunting

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many things that you could do with your life. You could dedicate decades to science, get into politics, and figure out how to reach world...

Rethinking Oak

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aging agave spirits (with the exception of tequila) is still a taboo, something you talk about using your softest voice not to gain some pretty vocal ...

Mezcal From the Heart

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mezcal is equally fascinating and terrifying for those who may not be familiar with it. Some are curious but too shy to venture beyond a cocktail, whi...

From Bleak to Lush

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The agave spirits multiverse is as exciting as ever. The conversation has been expanding year after year, bringing to light new regions, agaves and pr...

Inaccurate Regulation

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lately, I’ve been in a little bit of a conundrum. I’ve been asking myself what the most important aspect of mezcal is that I should be talking abo...

Neverending Chihuahua

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chihuahua is not only Mexico's largest state but also full of neverending stories. The first episode I ever recorded about this state was more of an o...

Mezcal Beyond Commerce Pt 2

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vital Water

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More and more I've been thinking that we could summarize agave as the lovely culmination of three main variables: agave, yeast and water.In this podca...

Rephrasing Spirits

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many things that we just do. We don't know where did they start or why do we do them . Pure social inertia. Sharing drinks at a bar, at ...

Mezcal Beyond Commerce

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode with Fabiola Santiago, President and Executive Director at Mi Oaxaca (an NGO which aims to “preserve Oaxaca’s indigenous food and ...

Sharing Mezcal

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It  is undeniable that mezcal has become a poster child in the alcohol world. A spirit that in a way brings us hope, because it is a reflection of ma...

Scary Methanol

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Methanol is one of the scariest things I can possibly imagine. We’ve all read stories about people getting intoxicated. Losing their sight and somet...

¡Viva Chihuahua!

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Spirits are quite a weird thing. They are everywhere; you engage with them constantly at bars, concerts and restaurants and yet, it is rather difficul...

Agave's Biocultural Heritage

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Heritage Mezcal, I had the opportunity to have a delightful conversation with Eric Zandona. He is an incredibly booze-informed gent...

10,000 Years of Agave History

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Agaves and humans have always had an intimate relationship  but, believe it or not,  a significant part of if has nothing to do with booze. As we've...

Drink More Pox

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pox, the quintessential Chiapas spirit, is probably the most mysterious Mexican drink that I've encountered in my life. It was a big part of my early ...

Tahona Mezcal Room

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the beginning of a series where both Roy and Chava go around the many venues that hold agave collections that they think are pretty and tasty....

Titanium Dioxide Against Vinasse

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vinasse, which are maybe the most offensive byproducts when making mezcal or tequila, can be neutralized in a number of ways. Scientists are always tr...

Bacanora is Sonora

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As most things that have been created in Northern Mexico, Bacanora tends to create more questions than answers. It may have an active Denomination of ...

Scale Matters

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How big is it too big? When does a mezcalero stops being "small batch" and migrates to something that could be labeled as not truly artisanal?In this ...

Agave Science Popurrí

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A popurrí is the ultimate mix, an intense collage of songs merged together to accelerate enjoyment.  I am sure that the term has been confined to mu...

Stable Pulque

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So many of the most valuable Mexican products  are tremendously fragile. A perfectly ripe zapote, a prime "lechón", a fresh habanero salsa and my a...

Amasijo

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are many ways to access the very vast diversity within Mexican food and drinks. Some love spirits, others honey or tea. But Martina ( from @cole...

Lamparillo Puntas

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If there has been an agave that I've been aggressively celebrating for the last few years, it definitely has been Lamparillo.I still remember the firs...

Pulque "Aristocracy"

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Arguably the first person to coin the term pulque aristocracy was Jose Vasconcelos, one of Mexico's most famous intellectuals.Using this term he was r...

Dancing Booze

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Different places ask for different drinks, even certain music styles, in my opinion, need specific booze pairings. And even though I am always the fi...

Your Mezcal Brand

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many reasons why people may start a mezcal brand.  Some do it for the  money, some for love and some others because the craft has been ...

Spiky Agave

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like many agricultural products, agaves have developed a complex relationship  with humans over millennia. Some agaves were chosen to make rope, oth...

For the Love of Dogs

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For a while I was not sure if I  wanted to publish this episode. But I think there are quite a few  things hiding in the middle of this conversation...

Mezcal Puritans

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is not about a new religion, so don't you worry. This episode is about trying to better understand some of the people in the tequila, me...

Glorious Herbs

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've been thinking so much about the things that are so close to us, so ubiquitous,  that we decide to erase them completely. Octavio Paz, our liter...

Rural Chilango

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having a conversation with Vinik is never a straight line. We always allocates the unexpected crevices, he finds ways of expanding what may seem blan...

Cacao Genetics

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the longest episode I've ever recorded. And usually I would say this as a warning,  but while listening to it I realized that this convers...

What is Tuxca?

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are a multitude of different names that people use to call agave spirits around Mexico. The most prominent ones are obviously Tequila and Mezca...

Translate and Expand

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've always been fascinated about how things travel and get to be transformed. One of my favorite stories on the matter is how Jose Luis Borges decide...

Can DOs work?

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The controversies around who gets to use the words tequila or mezcal are never ending. All of which are linked to how the PDOS, or Protected Designat...

Aging Rum

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to pick up a quick fight with a mezcal nerd you just need to start throwing compliments to añejos and reposados.It'll get even worse if y...

Complex Honey

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the last months I've realized that just like mezcal, so many other Mexican culinary products have been neglected over the years. By now we've touc...

Holy Smoke!

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Agave spirits have been around for at least a few hundred years and within that time they've traveled, they've evolved,  they've been prosecuted by t...

Mezcal Logistics

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This may be the most  heartbreaking episode that I've ever done. In this conversation with Dalton Kreiss we'll go over mezcal logistics. Because it ...

Tasting Coffee

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is not a unique approach to making mezcal or coffee, so it shouldn't be surprising to realize that there are many different ways to dissect thei...

Bars, Dubai, Brandy

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I listened to this episode with Roberto Ávila (school manager of the Bartending European School in Mexico) a few times trying to come up with a prope...

Tea for Mezcal Purists

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If there is something that is practiced by every culture I’ve ever encountered is boiling leaves, herbs and/or flowers to make comforting or delicio...

Joyful Resistance

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everything that I read and hear around agave spirits these days suggests that the people and places that sustain this heritage are at risk.It is clear...

Mexico as a Brand

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every country is a brand. If you want to buy cameras you are probably looking at Japan or Germany;  if you have an interest in silk or denim, you may...

Sweet, Bitter, Funky.

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The main reason why I started this podcast was to have conversations that  could expand how we understand  agave spirits.  You may have noticed thi...

Con Gusano

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of the most appreciated spirits in the world are the consequence of clashing a base spirit with some sort of modifier. Think about every brown sp...

Injured DNA

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike most people that would typically enjoy alcohol on their free time, it is  not uncommon that given my line of work, that on a normal Tuesday I'...

La Laguna

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now that a significant number of people know that most of Mexico distills either agaves, dasylirions, sugarcanes or fruits, I believe it is a great ti...

Fruit Spirits

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you can distill agave and/or sugarcane then every other "sugar-source" is open for grabs. Be it mango, zapote or even mesquite; mezcaleros have lon...

What is Yeast?

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we've been discussing fermentation as a verb, almost comparing it to an erupting volcano. We've explored the many was in which agave a...

Fermented Coffee

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the longest ever recorded episode of this podcast. But I just couldn't stop talking and picking Shak Zapata's brain. He is not only a grand ba...

Markets

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Markets are places to find mundane objects, make friends and enjoy the most voluptuous fruits. They are as useful as they are mysterious, a bastion fo...

Rum Basics

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's forget about mezcal for a moment and think about sugarcane spirits, better known as aguardiente by some and rum by others. In this episode I had...

What Are We Preserving?

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is there such a thing as traditional mezcal? And if so. Who is entitled to establish what that is and how should it be maintained? In this episode wit...

Hat's Golden Age

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the agave multiverse there are a number of artifacts that you'll find all around Mexico; with all sorts of different geometries and fabricated with...

Salmiana: A Love Story

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Salmiana is maybe one of the most well distributed better kept secret amongst agave spirits. In "El Bajío", which comprises a good part of Guanajuato...

Agave Genetics

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When I first read Fabio's profile I was rather suspicious. A genetist in the agave realm? Isn't the point to just leave agave alone to be glorious and...

Pesticides

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We would all love to think that agaves are the most untainted agricultural product given its propensity to prosper in the "wild". But now, given the s...

Pretty Yeast

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have the pleasure to keep the conversation going with Cesar Ojeda (aka @intergalactic_yeastie_boy). This time we talk about  how a palenque/tabern...

The Secret Secret Origin of Mezcal

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How did mezcal become part of our lives? Who were those brave first souls that made it possible to make this rural drink a poster child of craft spiri...

Baseball

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we will be talking baseball with Darian Martyniuk, extraordinaire tour operator and owner of the " De Matachines" agave spirits brand.  We know...

Agave's Age Matters

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this second episode of Heritage Mezcal we spend time with Fabio Raya, a Brazilian researcher exploring the potentials that agave has to be used as ...

Colonche Tolonche Galore

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this first ever episode of the Heritage Mezcal Podcast we had the pleasure to have a conversation with Cesar Iván Linares (aka @intergalactic_yeas...