Maestros del Mezcal Podcast
Food & Cooking Podcasts
Welcome to the Maestros del Mezcal Podcast where we cover all things related to mezcal and agave distillates. Maestros del Mezcal is a Civil Association in Mexico dedicated to promoting and protecting traditional mezcal.
Location:
United States
Description:
Welcome to the Maestros del Mezcal Podcast where we cover all things related to mezcal and agave distillates. Maestros del Mezcal is a Civil Association in Mexico dedicated to promoting and protecting traditional mezcal.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.maestrosdelmezcal.com
Episodes
Blind Tasting With...Dan (Mezcal Room)
5/8/2024
Welcome to the first Blind Tasting With... Episode; In this series we will try to understand the processes that different people go through when decifering what is in their copita during a blind tasting.
Duration:00:28:04
Diana Pinzón - Defense of Endemic Agave in Mexico - Questions for California Agave Council
2/24/2024
We interview Diana Pinzón, a biologist, conservationist and co-founder of Zinacantan mezcal. Diana poses 10 questions for the California Agave Council and expresses her concern for protecting endemic agave in Mexico and the bio-cultural heritage they represent.
Duration:00:43:32
The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 2 - Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo
1/5/2024
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 City talks to us about Agave angustifolia and it's possible origins among other things.
Duration:00:42:01
Mezcal and Cheese, a Great Pairing - with Cheesemonger Julia Gross.
12/16/2023
Recorded sometime in 2022 - we finally edited this interview / tasting we did with professional cheesemonger, Julia Gross. Some fun and insightful stuff about cheese and mezcal pairing in general.
Duration:00:55:57
The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 1
12/12/2023
We begin to research the origins of the plant known as "Espadin" in Oaxaca.
Duration:00:19:11
Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California
10/16/2023
Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California
Duration:00:07:47
Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council
10/9/2023
A conversation with Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council
Duration:00:22:10
The Importance of Words in Preserving Traditional Mezcal
9/13/2023
Our new host Vinik Jure and Rion Toal talk about the importance of words when it comes to the preservation of traditional mezcal.
Duration:00:33:09
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aromatic Compounds in Mezcal
6/30/2021
We talk with analytical chemist Adam Floyd about the mezcal samples he ran through Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry
Duration:00:29:59
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aging Mezcal
4/30/2021
We start to dive into how mezcal ages and which mezcal ages best.
Duration:00:20:47
Season 3 Episode 5 - The Karwinskii of Santa Catarina Minas
4/30/2021
Lalo Angeles sheds some light on the karwinskii of Minas
Duration:00:14:15
Season 3 Episode 3 - An Interview with a Yeast Whisperer
3/31/2021
Shea Comfort talks to us about Fermentation, Durian Fruits, and Location Specific Microbial Influence on Wine Barrel Wood among other things.
Duration:01:19:07
Season 3 Episode 3 - Agave asperrima
3/25/2021
Luis Loya of Lamata talks with us about Agave asperrima
Duration:00:21:46
Season 3 Episode 2 - Interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez
2/24/2021
We interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez about an experiment she is helping to conduct concerning mezcal producers perception of the flavors in mezcal.
Duration:00:40:39
Season 3 Episode 1 - The Tobalá Complex
2/24/2021
We talk about the Agave species within the Tobalá Complex and the common names used to refer to them.
Duration:00:20:57
Episode 10 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part III
7/15/2020
We continue to bother fruit flies with questions about their pallets. They are starting to get annoyed.
Duration:00:17:23
Episode 9 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part II
5/21/2020
We continue to try to decipher fruit fly's mezcal preferences.
Duration:00:14:17
Episode 8 - Agave Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo
5/12/2020
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 and varieties.
Duration:00:57:30
Episode 7 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part I
5/3/2020
Borrachitos: Those little flies in your copita; what can they tell us?
Duration:00:10:43
Episode 6 - Mezonte Project and Mezcales of Jalisco
9/26/2019
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 de Surfir about his projects and about the diverse mezcales of Jalisco.
Duration:00:45:43