Brands & producers

A village-driven brand from Los Danzantes that bottles Espadín mezcal from individual family palenques (San Andrés, San Baltazar, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Ana) at producer-favorable prices.

Amarás (formerly Amores) farms its own organic Espadín and runs a wild-agave reforestation program, with its Logia line showcasing sierra-specific releases.

A cooperative of more than 30 family producers in the Ejutla region, Banhez is known for its accessible Espadín-Barril ensamble.

Bozal — meaning "wild" or "untamed" — focuses on ensambles and wild-harvested agave from remote pueblos across southern Mexico.

Bruxo bottles a numbered series (No. 1 through No. X) of Oaxacan mezcales from different palenques and agave varieties.

The mezcal extension of the celebrity tequila brand co-founded by George Clooney and Rande Gerber, now part of Diageo.

Curated by Bichi (El Cortijo), Cinco Sentidos is a project that bottles tiny, traceable lots from artisanal producers across Oaxaca, Puebla and Durango — including rare wild agaves and pulque distillates.

Convite is a young Oaxacan brand with a sleek bottle design and a focus on terroir-driven small batches.

Ron Cooper's pioneering Single Village Mezcal line brought artisanal Oaxacan mezcal to the global stage, with iconic bottlings from villages like San Luis del Rio, Chichicapa and Santa Catarina Minas.

A state-by-state mezcal project from Casa Lumbre exploring regional terroir from Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Michoacán, Tamaulipas and beyond.

A fifth-generation Arellanes family palenque in Santa Catarina Minas, distilling in clay pots — one of the oldest registered mezcal brands.

Founded by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, Dos Hombres is a single-village Espadín produced in San Luis del Río.

Distributed widely, El Buho is a 100% Espadín mezcal from the Hernández family palenque in Santiago Matatlán.

A US-Mexico project bottling tiny, transparent lots of mezcal and other agave distillates from independent producers, with detailed batch labeling.

The wild-agave line from Casa Cortés, El Jolgorio focuses on small batches of rare maguey distilled by master mezcaleros across the Sierra Sur and Valles Centrales.

Known for its black skull bottle, El Silencio is a widely distributed Oaxacan ensamble mezcal targeting bar and lifestyle channels.

Founded by the Hernández family, Fidencio honors four generations of mezcaleros in Santiago Matatlán with a classic clásico, sin humo and a tobalá.

Founded by AdrIan Marin and Elliott Coon, Gem & Bolt blends a small amount of damiana into its Espadín mezcal — a design-forward, art-driven brand.

A Santiago Matatlán palenque founded by Pablo López-Lera and Xaime Niembro, producing mezcal in tahona-and-copper alongside an aged gin distilled from agave.

Started by John Rexer to supply his Café No Sé in Antigua, Guatemala — Ilegal became a flagbearer of joven, reposado and añejo Espadín mezcal.

Koch El Mezcal works with palenqueros across Oaxaca to bottle a broad portfolio of single-agave and ensamble mezcales.

Michoacán mezcal made by a women-led producer collective. La Luna highlights the distinctive Cupreata-based mezcales of western Mexico.

Founded by Eduardo "Lalo" Ángeles, Lalocura crafts ancestral mezcal in clay pots from his family palenque in Santa Catarina Minas. Each release is small batch and bottled at natural proof.

A romantic, design-driven brand offering Joven, Reposado and Añejo Espadín from the Tlacolula valley.

A family palenque in Santiago Matatlán led by maestro Carlos Méndez Blas, known for clean, balanced single-agave mezcales.

A California-Oaxaca brand co-founded by Tony Diaz, Stephen Mejia and Ryan Fleming, distilling in San Juan del Río with the Hernández family.

Curated by Esteban Morales, Mal Bien is a transparent, no-frills brand bottling small lots of agave spirits from a network of trusted family producers.

Founded by Danny Mena and partners, Marca Negra bottles unaltered, high-proof mezcales from single producers — labeling each bottle with the maestro and village.

Co-founded by the late Aquilino García López, Mezcal Vago bottles single-batch releases from a handful of family mezcaleros, each labeled with batch details, ABV, and harvest data.

Craft Distillers' numbered Mezcalero series bottles single-batch releases (Mezcalero No. 1, 2, 3…) from rotating producers, each with full provenance.

A reference tasting room and bottling project in Oaxaca City led by Marco Ochoa, releasing minuscule lots under the Mezcalosfera label.

Pedro Jiménez Gurría's project advocating for ancestral agave spirits from western Mexico — raicillas, tuxcas and traditional tequilas from small producers.

Created by Dr. Iván Saldaña, Montelobos uses organically farmed Espadín and a tahona-then-copper process. Now under Bacardi's portfolio.

A producer-first brand featuring single-village mezcales from family palenques across the Miahuatlán district. Neta showcases the maker, the village and the agave on every label.

The sister label to El Jolgorio from Casa Cortés — single-village Espadín from villages such as San Luis del Rio, Santiago Matatlán and Zoquitlán.

An ensamble of Oaxacan Espadín and Pueblan Tobalá from actor Luis Gerardo Méndez and the team behind Casa Lumbre.

Founded by Jonathan Barbieri, Pierde Almas distills artisanal mezcal and the +9 Botaniko gin in Santiago Matatlán.

A multi-generational palenque from Santa Catarina Minas distilling in clay pots. Led by Graciela Ángeles Carreño, Real Minero is one of the most respected names in Mexican mezcal — known for ancestral methods and clay-pot distillation.

Run by Romulo Sánchez Parada in the remote village of Candelaria Yegolé, Rey Campero is celebrated for clean, expressive mezcales from a wide range of maguey varieties.

A single-village Espadín from Casa Lumbre, designed as an approachable, cocktail-friendly mezcal.

A Texas-Oaxaca brand led by the De La Mora family in San Pablo Huixtepec, offering Espadín, Tobalá and Reposado.

Founded by cousins Eduardo and Julio Mestre, Siete Misterios works with producers across Oaxaca, including the iconic clay-pot Doba-Yej.

A sustainability-focused brand co-founded by designer Thomas Ingenlath and producer Fortis Mezcal, distilled in San Juan del Río with regenerative agave practices.

Cousins Edgar Ángeles Carreño and Elisandro González Molina returned home to the Sierra Norte to plant agave and build their own palenque — a community-rooted project.

A single-agave mezcal from the Cupreata (Papalote) of Guerrero, distilled by the Sánchez family near Chilapa.

A cooperative-model brand sourcing from a union of palenqueros in San Baltazar Guelavila and surrounding villages, with a focus on fair pricing for producers.

Founded by the Morales-Verdín family with US partners, Wahaka offers a broad lineup of small-batch single-agave and ensamble mezcales.

A widely available Espadín brand offering Silver, Reposado, Añejo and high-proof Pechuga expressions.

A women-led Espadín brand started by Yola Jimenez, based on her grandfather's 1971 recipe and produced in Santiago Matatlán.

A larger-production Espadín brand using autoclave cooking and column distillation, offering Silver, Reposado and Añejo at scale.