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Mezcal Minero & Procession for Niño Jesús

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Includes:

  • Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

  • Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca City (1 hour each way)

  • Tour of 2 mezcal palenques producing clay pot distilled mezcal, 1 traditional and 1 artisanal. Tour of an agave nursery and artisanal palenque, which produces small batch clay pot distilled mezcal where we learn about the mezcal production process from seed to bottle. The palenque is owned and operated by family that has been making mezcal for 4 generations and currently produces mezcal for national and international sale committing to sustainable agriculture and giving back to the community

  • Lunch of regional dishes at the palenque

  • Visit to a second palenque in the home of a traditional mezcal producer working with his sons to make micro batches of Minero mezcal for personal consumption and local sale

  • Tasting of mezcal made on site at each palenque

  • See the town procession for the Niño Jesús (baby Jesus), who is important to the culture of the community

  • A chance to purchase mezcal directly from the producers (price not included), our help packing it for travel

  • Lunch at Ocotlán market of regional dishes

  • Drinking water and light snacks

  • Donation to community library

Earlier Event: December 28
Private Outing