Richard Carleton Hacker

Jan 24, 2025 | robbreport.com | Richard Carleton Hacker

Mezcal has long been overshadowed by its sibling tequila, but this smoky spirit has gained a strong foothold with the drinking public as well. In fact, the market for mezcal is expected to double in the next decade.

Nov 14, 2024 | robbreport.com | Will Price |Adam Hurly |Richard Carleton Hacker |Alexander Freeling

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Nov 3, 2024 | robbreport.com | Richard Carleton Hacker

In 1962, José Orlando Padrón, a third-generation Cuban tobacco grower, ended up in Miami after the Castro regime confiscated his family’s farms. It took only two years for him to set up shop making cigars employing just one roller. Padrón eventually relocated his factory to Nicaragua, where the mineral-rich volcanic soil, which imparts the leaves with distinctive earthy characteristics, was similar to Cuba’s Pinar del Río.

Oct 22, 2024 | robbreport.com | Richard Carleton Hacker

Although blancos offer the purest agave essences of unaged tequila, and reposados add a flavorful element accompanied with a touch of color as the result of the tequilas aging from two to 11 months in oak barrels, añejos up the ante—along with taste and price—by increasing the aging process from one to three years (anything beyond three years and it becomes an extra añejo).

Oct 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Richard Carleton Hacker

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