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The New York Times
Just Don’t Call It Tequila

Seven Fifty Daily
Can Non-Mexican Agave Spirits Go Mainstream?

Flipping the Table
The Spirit of Resilience: Farmer Stuart Woolf and His Vision for the Future

The Spirits Business
Broadening horizons: 10 non-Mexican agave spirits

CA Bountiful
California’s Agave Revolution

Woolf Farming
Observations After Two Years of Farming Agave Weber Azul and Espadín, Feb 2025

Agave Americano
Tecolotito Review and Visiting Ventura Spirits

PBS
Field of Dreams — Farming Adaptation

LA Times
Can agave help solve California’s agricultural dilemma? Some farmers are betting big

Fresno Bee
Can Central California become an agave hub?

Farm to Table Talk Podcast
New Farm Spirit – Stuart Woolf, Sean Venus

Wine Enthusiast
Welcome to MezCalifornia! Inside the California Agave Boom!

The Alcohol Professor
The Other Agave Spirits

VINEPAIR
The Pioneering Distillers Crafting California’s Agave Spirits Category

Fortune
California’s years of drought, water issues push spirit makers to grow agave—but they’re not allowed to call it mezcal or tequila

Distiller
California Agave: The Birth of a Movement A small band of believers is building the California agave category

The Drinks Business
More evidence agave spirits will prosper in California

Craft Spirits Magazine
The Agave Dilemma

The Sacramento Bee
ia has a new take on mezcal and tequila. How Sacramento-area farmers are leading it

The Manual
Drought-friendly agave plants might be the key to saving California farms

The Modern Farmer
Could California Be the Next Agave Spirit Capital?

UC Davis
Agave: The New Drought-Tolerant California Crop?

CBS Saturday Morning
Farmers Turn to Agave amid Drought

Comstocks Magazine
Could Agave Spirits Be a Sustainable Gold Rush for California?

Beverage Master
Exploring the Rise of U.S.-Based Agave Spirits

Edible
In the Age of Megadrought, is Agave the Crop of the Future in the American West?

Spectrum News
Farmers see promise in drought tolerant agave farming

Scripps National News
This crop could be a solution for farmers dealing with drought

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