Agave Expo Night: Opening the Roasting Pit & Mezcal Tastings, Mingle with Mezcaleros, Food and Music!

Sunday, May 1, 6:00-8:30pm

*SOLD OUT EVENT*

Price: $65 early registration before April 1, 2022. $75 regular ticket after April 1.
Limit 125 seats. Includes 2 drinks (neat pour of mezcal expression and mezcal cocktail with Mission Garden infusion) and food (small bites).

Culminate an amazing weekend of agave education and celebration with the opening of the agave roasting pit and tasting the smokey sweet caramelized penca and biguata (roasted agave leaves and heart). The evening includes talks, as well as an assortment of La Luna mezcal spirits & cocktails paired with delicious local food prepared by Exo Roast. This event is sponsored exclusively by La Luna and benefits Mission Garden.

• Opening the agave roasting pit and experiential demonstration with Jesus Garcia, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

• Mezcal tastings hosted by Sal Picazo Chavez, La Luna

• Mezcal mingle with Agave Heritage Festival’s invited Mezcaleros

• Catered food of small bites from Exo Roast Co.

• Music: Eduardo Costa - Flamenco & Classical Guitar

View event schedule below.

La Luna Mezcal

This event is sponsored exclusively by La Luna and benefits Mission Garden.

Schedule

6:15 pm - 6:50 pm: Jesus Garcia, Agave expert, FOTB-MG Board Member

• Presentation on the process of roasting agaves re collecting, preparing, roasting

• Opening the roasting pit and sampling roasted agave

7:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Sal Picazo Chaves, Mezcalero La Luna, Mezcal tastings & food pairings

• One neat pour of preferred mezcal expression (three expressions offered)

• One mezcal cocktail with Garden herbs/fruit infusion

• Food service catered by Exo Roast

7:45 pm - 8:30 pm: Mingle with mezcaleros, cultivators, agave experts and music

• Tabletop conversations with guests:

• Jesus Garcia, ASDM, Mission Garden

• Sal Picazo Chavez, La Luna

• Collectivo Silvestre

• Luis Loya, La Mata

• Vinick Jure

• & Others