FAQ
Answers before you ask
You’re early. These are the questions we hear most, with the plain answers we give at our own table.
Who we are
A small brand making an Oaxacan mezcal for la sobremesa, one batch and one page at a time, before there is anything to buy.
What we’re for
The category sells the lone explorer. We are setting a table instead. Today Mezcal is for the shared occasion: the second bottle, and the people who stay.
Why there’s no bottle yet
Because it is not ready. We will not sell you a bottle that does not exist, so the work comes first: the clay, and the search for the family. We’d rather leave it blank than make it up.
What joining means
A founding membership, not a mailing list. You hear it first when the first batch is poured, then watch the story fill in, credit by credit. What arrives is a few notes a year, each tied to a real batch.
Who makes it
A maestro family of the Central Valleys of Oaxaca. We have not signed them yet, so the name is not ours to say. The day we sign, it goes on the front of the bottle, at the weight of ours.
What certification will mean
When it pours, it will be 100 percent agave, made under the mezcal Denomination of Origin, and certified by the CRM, the NOM-070 certifying body. Until a certifier signs, that line on the ledger stays blank. It will be distilled in clay: an olla de barro, in the style of Santa Catarina Minas, a method we distill toward.
Shipping and age
You must be 21 or older to join. Shipping is subject to your state’s alcohol laws. Region-by-region details will go to members first, closer to the first pour.
What joining costs
Nothing. No purchase, no deposit, no bottle to buy yet. You can leave the table whenever you like, with one unsubscribe link that works on the first click.
Producers and press
Makers and their representatives: our promise is on the producers page. The compensation model lives on our commitments. Press and general questions: say hello.
The Sobremesa Club
Join the club
A note when a new batch is poured, a few times a year, never more.