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Mezcal is the life of Oaxaca agriculture, watch this video to learn more.
The COMERCAM monitors compliance with the NOM-070-SCFI-1994, Alcoholic Beverages-Mezcal-Specifications for this purpose has gained accreditation of the Certification: Reg No. 33/03 and Monitoring Unit No . UVNOM 030 by the Mexican Accreditation AC
The “worm” (sometimes more than one) commonly seen in bottles of mezcal is actually the larva of one of two kinds of insects. The most common type is that of the agave snout weevil.
Mezcal is made principally from the agave plant, commonly referred to throughout Mexico as maguey. In the Tequila region, the indigenous people call the plant mezcal
For centuries before the Spanish arrived, the native people of what is now Mexico fermented the local agave plant to make a drink called pulque. With the new methods of distillation, the pulque became mezcal.