Oro de Oaxaca Mezcal

Caballeros Inc., importers of Mezcals de Oaxaca, is proud to announce that Oro de Oaxaca Mezcal took home the “Best of Agave Spirits” and a Gold Medal at the prestigious 2009 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition, which took place late last month.

Oro de Oaxaca Mezcal is one of the best known brands of Mezcal in the state of Oaxaca Mexico. It is a certified 100% agave Mezcal Joven with natural caramel coloring and carries a bag of agave worm salt as a necker, along wth the worm in the bottle. The agave worm adds flavoring to the beverage and is considered a delicacy in Oaxaca. The worm salt is a mixture of roasted ground agave worms mixed with chili and salt and is used as a rimming salt with lime.

This competition was the first entry into any competition in the US for Oro de Oaxaca Mezcal; and it won over all submitted entries of tequilas and mescals in the agave spirits acatagory. A total of 199 spirit entries were submitted. The LA International Wine & Spirits Competition, celebrated its 70th year in 2009.

Nine judges, including Spirits Chairman Rebecca Chapas, Julio Bermejo from Tommy’s and Natalie Bovis-Nelsen, Editor of the Liquid Muse sampled wines and spirits from around the globe. This is the second year that the Mezcal category has been included in the spirits competition.

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