Then, in the 16th century, the Spanish arrived with their distillation know-how, transforming pulque into agave wine or mezcal wine. The latter term comes from two Nahuatl words: meztl (maguey ...

Ag may now stand for agave among Sonoma County’s next generation of farmers combating climate change. The hardy plant used in the production of mezcal liquors, including tequila, is also used in ...

With wine barrels the result is something gentler ... View of a plantation of agave, the prime material for the production of Tequila, taken on the ... [+] outskirts of the municipality of ...