Del Maguey (pronounced ma-gay), Single Village Mezcal was founded in 1995 by internationally renowned artist and mezcal visionary, Ron Cooper. Ron introduced the world to previously unavailable artisanal mezcal produced the original handcrafted way. Every product in our collection is made by individual family palenqueros (producers) in old-style villages. When you see our beautiful green bottles, you know it's Del Maguey.Single Village Mezcal from Del Maguey, made using Tobala agave which are grown at a very high elevation. They are also much smaller than your average agave plant. It takes about eight of these Tobala hearts to equal the output from one Espadin heart, which are more commonly used.