Maestros del Mezcal Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Blind Tasting With...Dan (Mezcal Room)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first Blind Tasting With... Episode; In this series we will try to understand the processes that different people go through when decif...
Diana Pinzón - Defense of Endemic Agave in Mexico - Questions for California Agave Council
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Diana Pinzón, a biologist, conservationist and co-founder of Zinacantan mezcal. Diana poses 10 questions for the California Agave Counci...
The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 2 - Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our investgation into the plant known as Espadin in Oaxaca; This time following genetic trail. Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo from UNAM in Mexico ...
Mezcal and Cheese, a Great Pairing - with Cheesemonger Julia Gross.
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded sometime in 2022 - we finally edited this interview / tasting we did with professional cheesemonger, Julia Gross. Some fun and insightful stu...
The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 1
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We begin to research the origins of the plant known as "Espadin" in Oaxaca.
Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California
Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council
The Importance of Words in Preserving Traditional Mezcal
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our new host Vinik Jure and Rion Toal talk about the importance of words when it comes to the preservation of traditional mezcal.
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aromatic Compounds in Mezcal
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with analytical chemist Adam Floyd about the mezcal samples he ran through Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aging Mezcal
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We start to dive into how mezcal ages and which mezcal ages best.
Season 3 Episode 5 - The Karwinskii of Santa Catarina Minas
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lalo Angeles sheds some light on the karwinskii of Minas
Season 3 Episode 3 - An Interview with a Yeast Whisperer
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shea Comfort talks to us about Fermentation, Durian Fruits, and Location Specific Microbial Influence on Wine Barrel Wood among other things.
Season 3 Episode 3 - Agave asperrima
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luis Loya of Lamata talks with us about Agave asperrima
Season 3 Episode 2 - Interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez about an experiment she is helping to conduct concerning mezcal producers perception of the flavors in mezcal.
Season 3 Episode 1 - The Tobalá Complex
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the Agave species within the Tobalá Complex and the common names used to refer to them.
Episode 10 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part III
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue to bother fruit flies with questions about their pallets. They are starting to get annoyed.
Episode 9 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part II
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue to try to decipher fruit fly's mezcal preferences.
Episode 8 - Agave Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo about his recent study that sheds some light on the genetic origins of Agave tequilana, Espadín and other species...
Episode 7 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part I
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Borrachitos: Those little flies in your copita; what can they tell us?
Episode 6 - Mezonte Project and Mezcales of Jalisco
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there may be thousands of Traditional Mezcal producers in Jalisco? In this episode we talk with Pedro Jimenez Gurría of Mezonte and Pare...
Episode 5
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with talk with Silvia Philion of Mezcaloteca to discuss her thinking behind the recent decision to remove essential information from t...
Episode # 4 - Karwinskiis in Miahuatlan
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Max Rosenstock of Neta Spirits about Karwinskiis in Miahuatlan, Oaxaca.
Episode 3
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about our new map with 16 Oaxacan mezcal regions and common and scientific agave names.
Episode 2 - Mezcal Distillation in Oaxaca
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
All about mezcal distillation in Oaxaca
Maestros del Mezcal Podcast # 1
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A quick but detailed introduction to mezcal.