OAXACA Fights in Court Designation of Origin of the MEZCAL

THE HERALDE OF MEXICO OAXACA Mezcal Producers began a legal struggle before federal courts to prevent Aguascalientes from joining the nine states of the Republic with a mezcal designation of origin; since it does not have a mezcalera tradition. Roberto García Chagoya, president of the National Chamber of the Mezcal Industry (CANAIMEZ), said it is the second occasion that they pronounce against this determination of the Mexican Institute of Indus…

Drafting/RIOaxaca Traditional producers of mezcal in Oaxaca, performed a ritual in the city's socket to be heard. Traditional mezcaleros placed an offering and performed a ritual with a priestly one. Alms same time they gave a proposal to the governor Solomon Jara to recognize the ancestral process of production of mezcal in the entity. They indicated that this sector is experiencing a crisis due to the piracy and extension of the designation of…