Modo di Bere: Wine & Language
Modo di Bere: Wine & Language
Rose Thomas Bannister
S4E10 Felipe Muñoz of Yola Mezcal
32 minutes Posted Nov 22, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
Felipe Muñoz Intro
Local drinks from Colombia
Colombian drinking sayings
Difference between tequila and mezcal
Agave cultivation as a labor of love
Mezcal production methods
Mezcal aging
The story of Yola mezcal
Types of agave in Yola mezcal
Should you mix mezcal?
Yola mezcal tasting notes
A non-imperialistic, feminist mezcal brand
What is it like to work as a brand ambassador for an alcohol company?
Advice for beginning bartenders
Where to find Yola mezcal
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NYC bartender and brand ambassador Felipe Muñoz illuminates mezcal’s sense of place. Unlike crops that mature in a single growing season, agave plants grow for years or decades before being harvested for mezcal. Felipe shares what it’s like to work as a brand ambassador for the community-centered, woman-forward mezcal brand Yola, and teaches us some juicy drinking sayings from his native Colombia.
Rose Thomas and Felipe do an in-depth tasting of Yola mezcal. They sip on a mezcal cocktail and share advice for beginning bartenders and anyone learning to make cocktails at home.
Find a bottle of Yola Mezcal near you: yolamezcal.com/Follow Felipe on Instagram: instagram.com/anfemuFollow Yola on Instagram: instagram.com/yolamezcal
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