Farmers in California are trying to plant crops that don't require a lot of water. Some are turning to growing agave as a response to a warming... California farmers turn to agave amid drought ...

He was not the first to plant agave, but he has planted the most so far — roughly 400,000 plants on 340 acres. “We’re in a highly productive area,” Woolf told me last week. “We have ...

Israel's Blue Agave Israel Group, the brainchild of Avi Leitner and Avi Rosenfeld, aims to have the first bottles of ...

Demand for mezcal was low for years, but interest and sales have soared. The vast majority of the spirit is made in Oaxaca, ...

We found some small options if you want to be subtle, like succulents and an agave plant — in general, plants that naturally have firm, waxy leaves make good faux foliage candidates, so ...

Here are the morning's top stories on Monday, September 23, 2024… California is home to most of the country’s fruits and nuts ...

The sap of agave plants, which is toxic to people if it's not cooked, is harvested from the heart of the plant. It's then extracted, filtered, and heated to create the product sold in stores.

By the end of this year, the number of vines on their property will have halved, with agave plants and malting barley filling every alternate row instead. In the long term, the couple is working ...

Spirit of Gallo, the liquor division of E.&J. Gallo Winery, is expanding its profile through a partnership with a brand of ...

Cierto Tequila just surpassed 1,000 awards. The brand is also a fierce proponent of natural, additive-free tequilas and sees ...

There's a long history of how tequilas are certified as pure versus bottom-barrel, and a lot of it has to do with the ...

That's where he planted his agave in neat rows a couple of years ago. While the plants are not mature yet, they've grown enough that their pointed, outstretched leaves can brush his hip when he ...