8-Hour Mezcal Tour in Oaxaca with Family-Run Palenques
About This Tour
We take novices, seasoned industry professionals, and everyone in between who is interested in learning about ancestral and artisanal mezcal production. Photogr...
Duration: 8 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: No · City: Oaxaca de Juarez · Languages: English
Know before you go: The roads we travel are mostly paved and very good. However, there are a few sections of dirt road. There are no significant sections of very curvy roads.
About Oaxaca de Juarez
Oaxaca de Juarez
Replete with conquistador churches and Spanish plazas, Oaxaca de Juarez fuses colonialism and Mexican charm on the ridges of the Sierra Madre. Get a local guide to show you around.
What's Included
- Transportation
- Bottled water and chips
- Sampling of 30 mezcals
Not Included
- Lunch
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Mezcal Villages and Family-Run Palenques from Oaxaca
Get picked up from your downtown Oaxaca accommodation by our fully equipped SUV. It takes the better part of an hour to arrive at the mezcal villages. Usually, we begin with one or two clay pot (ancestral) palenques in the first village, then spend the rest of the day visiting distilleries employing copper alembics. At each stop, meet the Palenqueros and view whatever stage of production each is at. The objective is to illustrate all stages of production as they are actually happening. Each village after the first is roughly 15 minutes away from the last.Lunch at a typical roadside eatery is relatively late in the day, so we recommend a hearty breakfast. However, we bring along bottled water and salty snacks to tide you over and to reasonably ensure that you do not become overly inebriated as best we can. Drinking, of course, is optional. Lunch at a typical roadside eatery is relatively late in the day, so we recommend a hearty breakfast. However, we bring along bottled water and salty snacks to tide you over and to reasonably ensure that you do not become overly inebriated as best we can. Drinking, of course, is optional. For those attending with a friend or family member who is more interested in Oaxacan crafts, we can reduce the mezcal stops to include specified villages working with wood, clay, cotton, and wool; these hand-picked artisans produce handicrafts featuring agave/mezcal motifs.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Oaxaca, Mexico · Tour start: Oaxaca, Mexico — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
