The Agave Triumvirate
b"Agave brought together three unlikely friends: Lou Bank, Jay Schroeder, and Salvador \\u201cChava\\u201d Perib\\xe1n. While they don't always see eye-to-eye, these three amigos are working together to help educate mezcal lovers on the world of artisanal agave spirits. We find out about how their friendships blossomed \\u2013 stories that involve glass blowing, cold-call visits, and complicated feelings about feet. This is a boisterous episode of HRN Happy Hour that you won't want to miss!\\n\\nLou Bank is the Founder and Executive Director of SACRED, or Saving Agave for Culture, Recreation, Education and Development. Sacred is an American nonprofit organization that promotes a better quality of life for people who make artisanal agave spirits in Mexico.\\n\\nJames (Jay) Schroeder is the author of Understanding Mezcal, a guide to starting your journey with the Mexican agave-based spirit that has seen explosive growth in the U.S. in the past few years. \\n\\nSalvador \\u201cChava\\u201d Perib\\xe1n develops strategies and processes to achieve sustainable, fair, and beautiful products, including agave spirits, tumblers, and adobe bricks. He has worked as director of R&D at Xaquixe, a Oaxaca-based glass-blowing studio, and as head distiller at Sombra, where he also helped reduce the distillery\\u2019s ecological footprint. He\\u2019s currently immersed in a yet-to-be-revealed agave project in Mexico City."