Enjoy a guided agave tour followed by a tasting flight featuring four different mezcals at the Ruth Bancroft Garden.
The evening begins with a tour of the Garden’s agave collection led by longtime curator Brian Kemble and Susan Coss, co-founder of Mezcalistas, the leading source for mezcal news, culture, and events. Learn how these remarkable plants are grown, their role in mezcal production, and the history, regionality, and distillation process behind one of Mexico’s most iconic spirits.
Following the tour, Susan will take guests on a flavor journey through agave spirits representing many of the agaves in the Garden, exploring why the agave life cycle is crucial to the long-term sustainability of the spirits that come from the plant. Guests will enjoy a private tasting experience featuring four pours of mezcal, including select expressions not currently available in the U.S. Light accompanying snacks will also be provided.
REGISTER HERE: ruthbancroftgarden.org/event/spiked-agaves-mezcal-tasting/
About the Presenters
Curator Brian Kemble has worked at the Garden for more than 46 years. He has spent decades studying, caring for, and hybridizing agaves, as well as traveling the world to search for them in habitat.
Susan Coss, co-founder and director of Mezcalistas, is also the creator of Mexico in a Bottle, a celebrated tasting series launched in 2014 to showcase craft producers and the full breadth of Mexican spirits. She has been traveling the backroads of mezcal-producing regions since 2010.