Mezcal has undoubtedly become one of the most popular drinks in Mexico and other countries. The popularity achieved is a consequence of the great work of the mezcalero masters and the variety of wild agaves used in its preparation.When we talk about mezcal we are talking about an age old tradition, so old in fact, the process has been called Ancestral. The town of Santa Catarina Minas is the benchmark for this category of mezcal.

Santa Catarina Minas is 50 minutes from the city of Oaxaca, where Maestro Eduardo waits for us in his Palenque. His palenque focuses on the important job of creating sustainable mezcal by using natural fertilizers and assuring production of his agaves are done through seeds and bulbs.

You will learn about the different types of agaves and the entire production process here and of course stopping to taste at least 10 different varieties of wild agave mezcals. Don’t worry, I’m driving.

The East Valley is the driest but most ideal place for planting Agave and making Mezcal.

We will visit 3 Palenques (distilleries) to try the different mezcals from 3 different Master mezcal makers.  You will learn the entire production process and obviously you will taste the different types of Mezcal created by each.