The Pox in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, is a symbol of fraternity or agreement; ever since birth, marriage, or death, a swig of Pox is drunk as a sign of communion.
Leonel was raised by a family of Mezcal producer and inherited from his father the ancestral knowledge, the tradition, and the love for making this spirituous beverage.
Don Tino, Jorge's father, starts to make Raicilla without any knowledge other than what his father-in-law once told him. His efforts turned him into a master Raicilla distiller.
With more than 300 years of antiquity at the time, in 1915, carrancista governor, general Plutarco Elías Calles, prohibited the manufacturing and commercialization of Bacanora.
Don Julio emigrates alone to the United States in search of opportunities for his family, but an unexpected illness has him go back to his hometown with depleted health.
The path of Gerardo Ruelas wasn't easy. He grew up at his father's vinata and absorbed all his knowledge; his progenitor's death and the difficulties of being a single father.
