{"product_id":"9781619028449","title":"The Mezcal Rush: Explorations in Agave Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world's great drinks.\" ––\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been reinvented as a pricy positional good popular among booze connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail ingredient. Unlike most high-end distillates, most small-batch mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming communities, often under challenging conditions. As Granville Greene spends time with \u003ci\u003emaestros mezcaleros\u003c\/i\u003e, who distill their drinks using local agaves and production techniques honed through generations, mezcal becomes a spirit of contradictions––both a liquid language celebrating village identity and craftsmanship, and a luxury export undergoing a gold-rush-style surge. \u003ci\u003eThe Mezcal Rush\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complications that can arise when an artisanal product makes its way across borders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056840786160,"sku":"9781619028449","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619028449_p0.jpg?v=1763853742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619028449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}