Lamparillo is puro Duranguense, a plant native to the Mexican state of Durango. This rare agave thrives in the harshest of environments where other types of agave cannot survive. Agaves are inherently built for surviving on little water, but only certain species are cold-tolerant. Lamparillo plants, which mature slowly over 15-20 years, can survive cold […]

Nowadays, a wide variety of maguey spirits are distilled in the Hacienda de San Jose Acevedo, but it wasn’t always that way. The property is an oasis of floral life, with giant cypress trees lining the banks of the Rio Mezquital. The river slowly meanders alongside the remote cluster of old Spanish buildings, high in […]