Mezcal Union Uno, 70 cl

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We are proud to have delighted consumers with an excellent artisanal-craft mezcal and are confident that as part of Diageo, one of the largest and most respected spirits companies in the world, Mezcal Unión will continue to support development of the category, open doors to new markets and strengthen our brand mission.” El mezcal se produce con la destilación del agave, una planta mexicana que crece en zonas semi-áridas de los Estados de Oaxaca, Guerrero, Puebla y Tamaulipas. La producción de mezcal comienza con la selección de la variedad de agave adecuada, la cual se corta para extraer la piña, que es lo que se destila para producir el mezcal. Las piñas se trituran en un molino de piedra para extraer el jugo, el cual se destila dos veces para producir el mezcal. Uncle Nearest co-founder and CEO Fawn Weaver said: “We tiptoed into the UK several years ago, but our astronomical sales in the U.S. have made it quite difficult to send enough of our award-winning Bourbon to the UK to make any real impact. We are changing that in 2023.

August, 2021. Mexico City – Today, Diageo announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Mezcal Unión through the acquisition of Casa UM. Mezcal Unión was launched in 2011 by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs with the purpose of developing the category while generating positive social impact and preserving traditional production. Mezcal Unión’s founders will continue to be involved in the business to support the brand’s future success and growth. a b c d "Oaxaca Mezcal". Go Oaxaca. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011 . Retrieved 5 June 2011.

About Mezcal Unión

Mezcal Unión co-founder Alejandro Gutierrez Champion said: “We believe in the power of transformation through collaboration.

Its spirits are made by partnering with a network of agave farmers and distillers, adhering to artisanal methods. Max Garrone. "When does a mezcal deserve to be a mezcal?". mezcalistas.com . Retrieved 8 June 2021. We are delighted to continue working with its founders and welcome this brand to our Reserve portfolio, which includes exceptional brands across exciting and fast-growing categories like Tequila and mezcal.”So the journey continued with a clear understanding of the path: to create a union of mezcal with different producer families. From there Mezcal Unión was born, carrying that message in every bottle. a b c Galicia, Angelica (9 September 2007). "¡Salud a la mexicana!: el mezcal"[Health, Mexican Style: Mezcal] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Terra . Retrieved 19 October 2009.

Diageo has worked in partnership with Mezcal Unión since 2016, providing expertise and supporting growth of the brand’s distribution network in Mexico, the United States, and other countries. Over this period, Mezcal Unión’s growth has accelerated, and they have integrated numerous Mezcal producers and agave farmers into their sustainability and community support programs, focused on contributing to local development in Oaxaca. Además de producir mezcal, muchas destilerías también producen otros productos derivados del agave, como el tequila, el sotol y el pulque. Estos productos están ganando cada vez más popularidad en el mercado mexicano, y muchos de ellos se producen en Oaxaca. La producción de mezcal en Oaxaca sigue siendo una parte importante de la cultura local, y ha contribuido a la economía de la región. Mezcal Unión is a 100% handcrafted mezcal brand from Oaxaca, Mexico, founded in 2011 by a group of friends under a self-developed social collective model based in unity as the way of doing and living. They have united agave farmers and producers generating social and economic development. Unión is one of the brands that has led the way into making mezcal the fastest growing category in the world for the last five years.According to the company, the Monte Carlo brand will “bring new customers into hospitality who desire delicious tasting rosés and aspire to the lifestyle, ambience and taste of the Cote D’Azur." Alejandro Gutierrez Champion, co-founder at Mezcal Unión, added: “We believe in the power of transformation through collaboration. This approach has supported both the growth of the brand and of local communities and agave farmers in Oaxaca. Estas son algunas de las mejores fábricas de mezcal de Oaxaca. Cada una de ellas ofrece un sabor único y de primera calidad. Si estás buscando probar el mezcal de Oaxaca, estas fábricas son una excelente opción. No hay mejor manera de disfrutar del mezcal que visitar una de estas fábricas y probar sus mezcales. ¡No te arrepentirás! ¿Por qué el mejor mezcal es el de Oaxaca? Under its new owners, Mezcal Unión will preserve its mission of supporting traditional and artisanal production processes while continuing existing relationships with agave farmers and its network of master distillers in Oaxaca.

Not all bottles of mezcal contain a " worm" (actually the larva of a moth, Comadia redtenbacheri, that can infest agave plants), but if added, it is added during the bottling process. [19] There are conflicting stories as to why such a thing would be added. Some state that it is a marketing ploy. [5] Others state that it is there to prove that the mezcal is fit to drink, [18] and still others state that the larva is there to impart flavor. [9] [19] Inaugura URO XII Feria Internacional del Mezcal"[XII International Festival of Mezcal opens] (in Spanish). Oaxaca: State of Oaxaca. 20 July 2009 . Retrieved 19 October 2009.Diageo has worked with Mezcal Unión for the past five years, growing the Oaxacan brand’s distribution in Mexico, the US and beyond. Now the international firm has agreed to buy the mezcal’s parent company, Casa UM, for an undisclosed sum. Our story with Mezcal Unión began with a distribution partnership in 2016 and we are now taking it to a new level. While fermented drinks from agave (like pulque) is pre-colonial, [10] the distillation of agave heart juice into mezcal was only introduced in the colonial era. How stills reached New Spain remains a point of scholarly dispute; some historians attribute the propagation of distillation to the Spanish who learned the process during the Moorish rule of Iberia, while others trace its origins to Filipino sailors who, after the opening of the galleon trade in the 1570s, brought stills with them to make vino de coco (coconut liquor). [11] The booming industry has been met with opposition from ecological activists, on 9 March San-Francisco based neozapatismo news outlet Radio Zapatista, released an article on the damage the industry and its mass-production is doing to the environment of the Mixteca Region and the cultures of the region. [31] Festival [ edit ]