Posts in Mezcal
Day Drinking with David: Mezcal and Rum Edition

K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard pops tops and talks shop on his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David @klwines. This week he's talking about Rezpiral exclusives, Hampden Great House 2021, and Worthy Park 14 Year.

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Day Drinking with David: Mezcal and the Oldest Scotch Ever Bottled Edition

Each week, K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard hits Instagram Live @klwines with his weekly show. In this episode, David tastes through our new Maguey Melate K&L exclusives as well as the insane new Glenlivet 80 Year Old from Gordan and Macphail.

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Day Drinking with David: Hodge Podge Edition

David Othenin-Girard is one of the world’s best resources on craft spirits. Each week, he opens up some bottles on Instagram Live, sometimes with guests, sometimes by his lonesome, but always with lots of viewer questions and insight.

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Spirits Gifts of Every Stripe

My pet peeve is when retailers start throwing about the term “last minute gifts,” as if there’s somehow an implied judgement that we should have had this all figured out and wrapped and put under the tree already. I come to you with absolutely no judgement. We are busy, modern people with busy, modern lives! I come to you now only to let you know that we’re all in the same boat down the holiday stream with you, trying to stay afloat and make the merry while still getting all the non-merry quotidian things of life accomplished. Let’s keep it simple: here are some very excellent gifts for the spirits lovers in your life, hand selected by our Spirits Buyer and all-around font of knowledge, David Othenin-Girard

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Mezonte Supports Family Producers & Damn Good Mezcal

Founded by Pedro Jimenez Gurria in Guadalajara, Mexico, and now part of Suro imports (which also brings us amazing products like Don Mateo de la Sierra, Siembra Azul, Siembra Valles, and Siembra Metl), Mezonte is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that is dedicated to “protect and spread information about traditional mezcales through tastings, videos, texts, academic, biological, cultural, gastronomica aspects, conversations, etc…focused on promoting solely traditional mezcals, especially those from Jalisco and Michoacan.”

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