For seven years now, Niki has been a culinary “fixer” and interpreter to clients around the globe and was a consultant for the mezcal program for Noma Mexico. From curating the mezcal program along with head sommelier of Noma, Mads Kleppe, Niki takes us through the R&D it took to create the mezcal experience for the highly anticipated pop-up.
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During service hours Thursday, November 8, 2018, the founders of NETA will be at CALA in San Francisco, working the floor and presenting a flight of three specially selected expressions from three mezcaleros from the district of Miahuatlán, in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca, an area renowned for its continuity of culture and traditional agave spirits production. Bar and kitchen service will be in full-swing, so come by for a snack or dinner and the chance to talk all things agave. No cover charge!
149 Fell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Niki Nakazawa’s path took her from the northeastern US to Mexico City to Oaxaca, from art to food and now to Neta, a mezcal brand devoted to supporting small producers. This week on The Trip, she talks with host Nathan Thornburgh about the future of mezcal and why Mexico is a great place for hustlers.
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Max Rosenstock is from New Mexico, lives in the Bay, and knows the Oaxacan countryside so well I’m surprised when he hits a tope too fast. His project, Neta Mezcal, is soon to officially launch in the U.S.— and in the meantime he’s been traveling Oaxaca for years finding good mezcal.
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