Here are the morning's top stories on Monday, September 23, 2024… California is home to most of the country’s fruits and nuts ...

Starr Urbatsch, the garden's agave specialist, is testing the same theory on five agave species. She walks through the air-conditioned research lab to a gravel area behind the garden's public ...

Cierto Tequila just surpassed 1,000 awards. The brand is also a fierce proponent of natural, additive-free tequilas and sees ...

Mezcal offers a true taste of terroir from the nine states in Mexico where it can be made, and visitors to Mexico City don't ...

Demand for mezcal was low for years, but interest and sales have soared. The vast majority of the spirit is made in Oaxaca, ...

There's a long history of how tequilas are certified as pure versus bottom-barrel, and a lot of it has to do with the ...

The sap of agave plants, which is toxic to people if it's not cooked, is harvested from the heart of the plant. It's then extracted, filtered, and heated to create the product sold in stores.

Many have sought out more resilient plants that don’t need a lot of water — like agave. And as more growers cultivate the plant here, distillers interested in making their own California agave ...

Echolocating bats can more easily find and pollinate long-stemmed flowers that stand out from the surrounding foliage, which ...

It’s produced from single-estate, vintage agave plants, emphasizing terroir. The Tequila is rich, with sweet agave and tropical fruit notes and floral undertones. Avión Silver, Productos Finos ...

When you think about drinks from Mexico, tequila and mezcal are likely the first to come to mind, but there's another drink ...

Leitner and his partner Avi Rosenfeld went to Mexico together years ago and discovered the secret behind producing high-end ...