Agave Spirits The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Agave Spirits The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals

All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entrepreneurs, botanists, distillers, beverage distributors, bartenders, and more. How these groups come together in this “spirits world” is the subject of this fascinating new book by the acclaimed ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan and the pioneering restauranteur David Suro Piñera. Join them as they delight in the diversity of the distillate agave spirits, as they endeavor to track down the more distant kin in the family of agaves, and as, along the way, they reveal the stunning innovations that have been transforming the industry around tequilas and mezcals in recent decades.mezcalerosAgave SpiritsAgave SpiritsFeaturing twelve illustrations by René Alejandro Hernández Tapia and indices that list common and scientific names for agave species, as well as the names of plants, animals, and domesticated agaves used in the production of distillates.

Gary Paul Nabhan is a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Award-winning ethnobotanist and literary naturalist. He lives in Patagonia, Arizona.

David Suro Piñera is a restaurateur and founder of the Tequila Interchange Project. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.