Ignacio Parada
Ignacio Parada distills mezcal in the remote village of Santa Maria Zoquitlán. He is known lovingly as “Don Chucho” and was the first mezcalero to join the Casa Cortés collective in 2012. He has produced a wide variety of mezcals for the El Jolgorio brand including Espadin, Tepeztate, Jabalí, Tobala, and Madrecuixe.