Agave Road Trip is sponsored in part by Casa Lumbre. Casa Lumbre produces premium, farm-to-bottle Mexican spirits with unique sensorial qualities that appeal to trade and consumers alike. Their brands include Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky, Nixta Licor de Elote, Ojo de Tigre Mezcal Artesanal, Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur, and Montelobos Mezcal Artesanal.

Agave Road Trip is sponsored in part by Mezcal Amarás. Mezcal Amarás is a company built through love: love for the sun, the land, and the people who work it, and most of all, love for Mexico and its sacred plant, the agave. Learn more at Mezcal Amaras.

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Agave Road Trip is sponsored in part by Flask Fine Wines. Now, you might think from that name that they sell fine wines. And they do. But they also have a selection of more than 800 single-malt scotch whiskies, vintage and rare spirits, and an amazing assortment of agave spirits, including uncertified, heritage options — and they’ll ship them to you anywhere in the USA! Check it out!

Agave Road Trip is sponsored in part by Sombra. Sombra is an artesanal 100% Espadin agave mezcal handcrafted in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Sombra is one of the few mezcal brands that owns and operates its own palenque (distillery), which ensures consistent quality and eco-friendly production methods. Each step of production, from fermentation to distillation, has been reimagined to reduce its environmental impact.

For the Espadin expression, agave are hand-harvested on the steep slopes of the Oaxacan Sierra. The agave hearts are buried in an earthen pit where they slowly roast over hot rocks. The agave are then crushed by a mechanical limestone tahona, fermented with only native yeast, and expertly distilled. The byproducts of the distillation are then up-cycled into adobe bricks to rebuild earthquake damaged homes.

Agave Road Trip is sponsored in part by La Luna Mezcal. “If you’re drinking tequila, even the most expensive tequila, you usually only get to taste blue weber agave that has been processed in an industrial way. If you want to taste the same kind of agave that has been converted into a spirit in an heirloom manner, try La Luna Tequilana. They’ve roasted the agave in a stone-lined earthen oven, milled it by hand using wooden mallets, fermented it open-air in wooden barrels, and distilled it in wood-fired copper stills. Sip it slowly, neat, and experience the taste that created the demand for tequila a hundred years ago. The smaller the sip, the bigger the flavor”.

- Lou Bank for Forbes