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Maestros del Mezcal Podcast

Rion Toal

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...

Episodes

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Blind Tasting With...Dan (Mezcal Room)

Welcome to the first Blind Tasting With... Episode; In this series we will try to understand the processes that different people go through...

24:18May 8, 2024

Diana Pinzón - Defense of Endemic Agave in Mexico - Questions for California Agave Council

We interview Diana Pinzón, a biologist, conservationist and co-founder of Zinacantan mezcal. Diana poses 10 questions for the California Aga...

43:32Feb 24, 2024

The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 2 - Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo

We continue our investgation into the plant known as Espadin in Oaxaca; This time following genetic trail. Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo from UNAM...

42:01Jan 5, 2024

Mezcal and Cheese, a Great Pairing - with Cheesemonger Julia Gross.

Recorded sometime in 2022 - we finally edited this interview / tasting we did with professional cheesemonger, Julia Gross. Some fun and insi...

55:57Dec 16, 2023

The Great Espadin Investigation - Part 1

We begin to research the origins of the plant known as "Espadin" in Oaxaca.

19:11Dec 12, 2023

Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California

Hablamos con Raul Chavez, un Agricultor de Agave en California

07:47Oct 16, 2023

Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council

A conversation with Craig Reynolds of the California Agave Council

22:10Oct 9, 2023

The Importance of Words in Preserving Traditional Mezcal

Our new host Vinik Jure and Rion Toal talk about the importance of words when it comes to the preservation of traditional mezcal.

33:09Sep 13, 2023

Season 3 Episode 7 - Aromatic Compounds in Mezcal

We talk with analytical chemist Adam Floyd about the mezcal samples he ran through Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry

31:43Jun 30, 2021

Season 3 Episode 6 - Aging Mezcal

We start to dive into how mezcal ages and which mezcal ages best.

24:02May 1, 2021

Season 3 Episode 5 - The Karwinskii of Santa Catarina Minas

Lalo Angeles sheds some light on the karwinskii of Minas

15:27May 1, 2021

Season 3 Episode 3 - An Interview with a Yeast Whisperer

Shea Comfort talks to us about Fermentation, Durian Fruits, and Location Specific Microbial Influence on Wine Barrel Wood among other things...

01:20:29Apr 1, 2021

Season 3 Episode 3 - Agave asperrima

Luis Loya of Lamata talks with us about Agave asperrima

23:13Mar 25, 2021

Season 3 Episode 2 - Interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez

We interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez about an experiment she is helping to conduct concerning mezcal producers perception of the flavors in...

40:41Feb 25, 2021

Season 3 Episode 1 - The Tobalá Complex

We talk about the Agave species within the Tobalá Complex and the common names used to refer to them.

20:59Feb 24, 2021

Episode 10 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part III

We continue to bother fruit flies with questions about their pallets. They are starting to get annoyed.

17:26Jul 16, 2020

Episode 9 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part II

We continue to try to decipher fruit fly's mezcal preferences.

14:18May 21, 2020

Episode 8 - Agave Genetics - Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo

We talk with Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo about his recent study that sheds some light on the genetic origins of Agave tequilana, Espadín and othe...

57:34May 12, 2020

Episode 7 - The Great Fly Experiment - Part I

Borrachitos: Those little flies in your copita; what can they tell us?

10:44May 4, 2020

Episode 6 - Mezonte Project and Mezcales of Jalisco

Did you know there may be thousands of Traditional Mezcal producers in Jalisco? In this episode we talk with Pedro Jimenez Gurría of Mezonte...

45:46Sep 26, 2019