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What Are We Preserving?
FromHeritage Mezcal
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Oct 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Is there such a thing as traditional mezcal? And if so. Who is entitled to establish what that is and how should it be maintained? In this episode of author and historian Eric Zandona we explore the paradoxes and complexities linked to preserving such a vast biocultural heritage.
Released:
Oct 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (36)
Salmiana: A Love Story: Salmiana is maybe one of the most well distributed better kept secret amongst agave spirits. In "El Bajío", which comprises a good part of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas; Salmiana is the the preferred agave to create a vast array of spirits with a long history that sustained some of the mining extravaganzas in the region. This first episode with Darian is meant a soft introduction to an agave that has slowly but surely won my heart. After a long career as a Business Jerk of All Sorts (TM), Darian Martyniuk realized there were a few things in life that he loved, and two of them were agave spirits and baseball. So one day, he decided to combine the two and another passion, travel, and create a business centered around those things - traveling the world to watch baseball, traveling Mexico to (occasionally over-) indulge and learn about in agave spirits, and eat various parts of (once thriving but now less so) animals wherever he landed. This podcast is by Heritage Mezcal