Bibliograph

The mezcal rush, explorations in agave country, Granville Greene ; illustrations by Jack DeLap

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Label

The mezcal rush, explorations in agave country, Granville Greene ; illustrations by Jack DeLap

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mezcal rush

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952388843

Responsibility statement

Granville Greene ; illustrations by Jack DeLap

Sub title

explorations in agave country

Summary

Mezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been reinvented as an expensive positional good that has become popular among booze connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail ingredient. Yet, unlike most high-end distillates, mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming communities, often under extremely challenging conditions. Greene visits remote, marginalized villages in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, meeting maestros mezcaleros who distill their drinks using local agaves and production techniques honed through generations of mezcal-making families. Seen through Greene's eyes, mezcal becomes a spirit of contradictions--both a liquid language celebrating community identity and craftsmanship, and a luxury export undergoing a global, gold-rush style surge. The Mezcal Rush is an exploration of the cultural, social, and emotional complications that can arise when an artisanal product makes its way across borders

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