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.Papalome or Papalometl, meaning "butterfly" in the Nahuatl language, is a wild-harvested agave fairly similar in appearance to agave Tobalá. This offering from Del Maguey is made by Maestro Mezcalero Fernando Caballero Cruz in San Pedro Teozacoalco, Oaxaca. Maestro Fernando’s method of distillation is a bit unusual as he employs stainless steel pot-stills with a clay and bamboo condenser offering what some might say is the best of both worlds.