Oaxaca Highlights: Tule Tree & Mezcal Tasting
Explore Oaxaca’s highlights: Tule Tree, Zapotec weaving traditions and a mezcal tasting. Culture, history, and flavors in one unforgettable experience.
Mezcal is Oaxaca's smoke-roasted agave spirit from 30-plus agave varieties, produced at small palenques across the Valles Centrales and Sierra ranges.
Mezcal is the smoke-roasted agave spirit of Oaxaca, with pre-Hispanic origins refined under Spanish colonial-era distillation. Santiago Matatlan east of Oaxaca is the World Capital of Mezcal, with more than 200 registered palenques. The 2026 Feria Internacional del Mezcal runs July 17-28 and the Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only library tasting room with 100-plus family-producer mezcals, opened in 2010.
7 editor picks for Mezcal in Oaxaca, ranked by editorial score. All Oaxaca signature dishes · Mezcal across every city.
Mezcaloteca ★ 4.7
centro-historico · Reforma 506, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only mezcal library with 100-plus family producers for educational flights and a small dry-snack pairing service.
In Situ Mezcaleria ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Vicente Guerrero 413, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
In Situ on Vicente Guerrero is Ulises Torrentera's mezcaleria with 180-plus mezcals, often poured by the author himself, and a small snack program for long.
Selva Oaxaca Cocktail Bar ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Macedonio Alcala 403 int. 6, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Selva on Macedonio Alcala is on the 50 Best Discovery list, a creative cocktail bar with Oaxacan-ingredient drinks and mezcals from small distilleries.
Sabina Sabe ★ 4.4
centro-historico · 5 de Mayo 209, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 is named for Maria Sabina, a cocktail bar with a vast mezcal collection, natural wines and local-ingredient small plates.
Cuish Mezcaleria ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Diaz Ordaz 712, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Cuish on Diaz Ordaz is Felix Hernandez Monterrosa's mezcaleria since 2009, with wild-agave mezcals downstairs and a small art and live-music room upstairs.
Mezcalogia ★ 4.3
centro-historico · C. de Manuel Garcia Vigil 509, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil pairs Casa Cortes mezcals (El Jolgorio, Nuestra Soledad) with a tight Mexican wine list and a small kitchen of Oaxacan plates.
La Casa del Mezcal ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Flores Magon 209, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
La Casa del Mezcal on Flores Magon is the 1935 cantina behind Mercado Benito Juarez, with a long mezcal counter and old-cantina feel in the heart of Centro.
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Mezcal makes more sense with someone from Oaxaca explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Taste Mezcal with a local in Oaxaca
Oaxaca: Hierve el Agua, Lunch and Mezcal Experience
Visit Hierve el Agua, enjoy free time to explore and swim, stop for lunch at your own expense, and end with a mezcal tasting at a local mezcaleria.
Mezcal Oaxaca: Tour, Gastronomy and Mezcal Tasting
In Palenque Mal de Amor in Matatlan, experiences in the mezcal process, tour of agave fields, mezcal tasting and Oaxacan food. Experience in Teotitlan del Valle with w...