There’s a Mexican staying that you don’t find Mezcal, it finds you. Mezcal found Melanie Symonds in 2011, in the hills behind Puerto Escondido on the Oaxacan coast. The story of a youthful misadventure and a jerrycan of wild Tobalá is recounted in full here. To cut a long story short, what was meant to be a six-week holiday became a six-month immersion into Mezcal folklore and culture and spawned one of the agave spirit’s most authentic and sustainable drink brands.
The first law of Quiquiriqui Mezcal: these drinks are insanely delicious. In a nutshell,...
