Oaxaca March 2026 Level IV Capstone trip Written by Jason Mitzen, instructor at Master Mezcalier Our group walked into Ronaldo Angeles‘ palenque (a place where mezcal is fabricated), and the smell of fermenting agave filled the air. Ronaldo was finishing the first of two distillations in ollas de barro (clay pot stills). While most modern […]
Stewardship in Oaxaca: What Agave Fields and Prescott College Taught Me About Leadership Blog written by Jason Mitzen, current graduate student at Prescott College Our group walked into Ronaldo Angeles‘ palenque (a place where mezcal is fabricated), and the smell of fermenting agave filled the air. Ronaldo was finishing the first of two distillations in […]