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What’s in a scientific name?
Jun 25, 2026
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Is Mezcal searching for mainstream success?
Jun 18, 2026
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Agave straws and cactus plastic
Jun 11, 2026
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Where can Mezcal geeks go to geek out?
Jun 4, 2026
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Mezcal, the moon, and multi-generational wisdom
May 28, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() What’s in a scientific name? | There are scientific names and common names for agaves … or magueys, to use the common name. But the common names lack commonality: A papalometl in one part of the Mixteca is a potatorum. Less than 40 kilometers away, papalometl will refer to a Cupreata. And even the scientific names get screwy. So what’s a nerd to do? Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest evolutionary biologist Daniel Moen. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Is Mezcal searching for mainstream success? | A recent episode of the VinePair podcast, titled "Mezcal’s Continued Search for Mainstream Success,” feels to me like it was riddled with inaccuracies. And for some reason, it also feels to me like it stands in stark contrast to the recently released 2025 numbers from Comercam, the largest of the bodies certifying Mezcal. So I asked one of my favorite numbers gabbers, Marissa Paragano, to gab about that in this gabfest episode of Agave Road Trip! | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Agave straws and cactus plastic | We’ve talked about agave straws in previous episodes, but I’ve been spending more time digging into them. And more than that, I’ve been spending time reading about – and now speaking with – Dr. Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, who has developed a plastic that is compostable and leaves behind no microplastics. So is this a solution for our plastics problem? | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Where can Mezcal geeks go to geek out? | There are places that have massive collections of beautiful, small-batch agave spirits, but having the bottles isn’t the same as understanding them. And having those bottles, which are often expensive, requires additional expense in training staff. Or, anyway, are most likely going to realize their financial potential with training. But … who does that? Where do agave geeks go to have the geekiest conversations? Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest evolutionary biologist Daniel Moen. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Mezcal, the moon, and multi-generational wisdom | I find myself saying “multi-generational wisdom” pretty frequently, in reference to these communities I get to visit in rural Mexico. But when they start talking about how the moon affects their production of agave spirits, or the presence of a pregnant woman, I kind of laugh it off. So what am I missing, where is the truth, and how do I reconcile my own hypocrisy? | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | ![]() The difference between a good agave and a bad one | How often have you heard or read that a brand of Tequila or Mezcal is only using quality agaves? That makes me wonder about those poor, down-market agaves. They deserve love, too, don’t they? And what makes them different from the good agaves? Brix? Years? | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() The tumbado way to harvest maguey (Paulo Rodriguez remix) | Last episode I talked with Linda Sullivan about the tumbado process of harvesting agave. This episode … also about tumbado, but with Paulo Rodriguez, the raicillero who brought the method back to Chacala, Jalisco! So, why two episodes about the same thing? I was maybe a bit under the influence when I recorded the episode with Paulo, forgot we’d recorded it, got home, and recorded last week’s episode with Linda. It’s a Deja Lou episode of Agave Road Trip! | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Harvesting maguey the “tumbado” way (Linda Sullivan remix)✨ | agave harvestingtumbado method+3 | Linda Sullivan | Heritage Radio NetworkMezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future | Chacala, Jalisco | agavetumbado+5 | — | 29m 09s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Spirits vs beer vs wine: Last alcohol standing✨ | spiritsbeer+5 | Marissa Paragano | Distilled Spirits Council of the USThe Tequiladies | — | spiritsbeer+6 | — | 34m 57s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Bird poop in the fermenters✨ | Tequila productionfermentation process+3 | Linda Sullivan | Mezcal Gracias a DiosJuan del Campo Whisky | — | Tequilafermenters+5 | — | 26m 20s | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() Making sense of the Filipino still✨ | Filipino stilldistillation+3 | Nic Stevens | Agave Road TripHeritage Radio Network | — | Filipino stillalambique+4 | — | 28m 54s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() Making (non)sense of 2025 spirits sales✨ | TequilaMezcal+3 | Marissa Paragano | Distilled Spirits Council of the USThe Tequiladies | — | TequilaMezcal+5 | — | 38m 57s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() When 130 Tequilas are additive-free, does that matter anymore?✨ | tequilaadditive-free+3 | Jay Baer | The Tequila Report | — | tequilaadditive-free+4 | — | 32m 05s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Those Mezcal stories in the AP News✨ | mezcalagave+3 | Claudia Rosel | AP | — | mezcalagave+5 | — | 40m 48s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() Does transparency ruin the mystery of Mezcal?✨ | Mezcaltransparency+3 | Linda Sullivan | Foursquare RumThe Curious Bartender | — | Mezcaltransparency+5 | — | 21m 22s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() Molcajetes, exploding hammers, and the makers of the world✨ | agavecraftsmanship+3 | Alvin Schultz | Tech Tip Tuesday | — | molcajeteguacamole+3 | — | 20m 07s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() The dangers of Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, and AI✨ | travel dangersMexico+3 | Linda Sullivan | — | GuadalajaraPuerto Vallarta | travelMexico+7 | — | 30m 43s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() How much does a mezcalero make per bottle?✨ | mezcalagave spirits+3 | Linda Sullivan | seynasecretoMezcal Mala Mia+1 | — | mezcalmezcalero+5 | — | 36m 58s | |
| 2/19/26 | ![]() Are collectors ruining Mezcal?✨ | Mezcalcollectors+3 | John Douglass | Pretty Decent | — | Mezcalcollectors+5 | — | 51m 07s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() Does the water matter in Mezcal and Tequila? | Okay, so, first … yes, of course, water matters. Without water, there can’t be Mezcal or Tequila, both because you need it to make the spirits but more importantly, people make these spirits and without water, there are no people. With that out of the way … evolutionary biologist and frequent Roadtripper Daniel Moen checked in to ask, Why does water matter in Tequila and Mezcal? I immediately went to my old trope: About half the bottle or more is water. But then he followed up with, The water you're consuming when you drink Mezcal, that fifty percent is actually distilled water. And distilled water, by definition, is neutral. So … why does it matter? Or does it not? We wade into the issue in this episode of Agave Road Trip! | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | ![]() Don Julio is the best-selling spirits brand in the USA | According to a story in VinePair’s VP Pro newsletter, quoting an article from Shanken News Daily, Don Julio in 2025 became the biggest spirits brand in the USA, measured by revenue. And this during a year when Don Julio was dragged through the mud. So, what does this tell us? | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | ![]() Eating vegan in rural Mexico | When you’re a vegan but you find yourself in a situation where someone has cooked a whole goat in your honor, do you eat the goat? When Marissa and I start talking rural Mexico, you can never be sure where the conversation will go. This time, it went to the conflict between our dietary restrictions and the diets of Mexico. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() Agave Bike Trip! | Traveling the hard way to visit mezcaleres who make agave spirits the hard way seemed right to me. So I grabbed my cyclist friend Zach Jarosz and we set off from Oaxaca Centro on an Agave Bike Trip! | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() But did you really make that Tequila? | Slippery language can lead to misunderstandings. When a brand owner talks about their distillery, their agaves, their producers … maybe they’re just being sloppy. Maybe their claiming ownership. But what’s the impact of those claims? | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | ![]() A lot of talk about lote numbers | Most spirits don’t have lot numbers … or lote numbers … or batch numbers. But some (a lot?) do. And what exactly do those numbers mean? Maybe nothing. Maybe a lot. | — | ||||||
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