K&L Spirits Journal Podcast #26 – David Suro

I first met David Suro a little more than a month ago when he visited K&L on behalf of his tequila brand Siembra Azul. We were supposed to meet for about ten minutes, taste through the portfolio, and go about our days. Over an hour later, David and I were still talking in the tasting bar about the agriculture of agave, the history of distillation, and the possibility of creating a terroir-based map of Jalisco's agave fields. David represents his Siembra Azul tequilas in the same way that I want to sell tequila at K&L: armed with information concerning where the agave plants were sourced, how they were harvested, how they were fermented, how they were distilled, and ultimately how all of these factors impact flavor. If you're even remotely interested in tequila, this might be the conversation that lights a fire under your feet and sends you on your own educational journey. David Suro is quite a fountain of information. We talk geography, production, and the possibility of changing the world's known history of distillation with recent discoveries in Colima.

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