With over notes of
Cotija Cheese...
These were the words
that were whispered in my ear by the Mezcal salesman as I took a little sip.
Turns out he was probably one of the best liquor salesmen I've run across in a
long time.
He instructed first
time tasters to pour a little in their hands and rub them together and savor the
smell before they drank it. He also instructed them to hold it in their mouth
for a few minutes before they actually swallowed it.
That's the Mezcal kiss
that he talked about and I wrote about in my recent post on Mezcal.
This Mezcal was one of
my favorites although I ultimately didn't taste any cheese notes...obviously
the sign of a less than sophisticated Mezcal palate.
It was also 48%
alcohol and Amores - another one of my favorites - is 37%. Did I realize the
difference? Not really. Both are great Mezcal's according to my taste buds no
matter what the percentage of alcohol.
There were a wide
variety of other wine and liquor brands at the Cava Sautto Wine Fest on Saturday, February 8.
Like the new Jack
Daniels Honey. For someone who does not like whiskey, I loved the taste.
This event is on my A
List of festivals. The cost? A mere 50 pesos considering you got a 200 pesos
credit in the liquor store redeemable for products.
The purple wrist band
allowed us to enter, leave and then re-enter again at night. It was packed
later on and there was a mad rush on the liquor store about 7:50 PM.
I also enjoyed going
earlier when we had an opportunity to visit with all the vendors and sample
their products.
Favorite of the show?
What else but this Spanish Champagne. When it comes down to it, I always pick
the bubbly.
Buen Apetito!