Overview

Date Established	03/2019
Founder	Partners Shirley Leigh-Wood Oakes (CEO), Luca Longobardi, and José Luis Bustamante
Headquarters	Miami, FL
Industries	Home Beverage Food
Website	https://mezcalcampante.com
Press Contact	Alisa Langer
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OTHER - Feb 07, 2023 Mezcal Campante "Driven perhaps by the likewise steady expanse of tequila’s popularity in the United States, mezcal has for years been one of the country’s fastest-growing spirits."

Trendhunter - Sep 20, 2022 Mezcal Campante Joven is Slick, Tasty and Offered in Modern Packaging "Mezcal Campante Joven is an award-winning mezcal by a female-led and small-batch brand. In 2022 alone, it was awarded the Gold Medal at the L.A. Spirits Awards and the San Diego Spirits Awards, as well as 95 Points in the Chilled100 Spirits Awards. Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from agave and the award-winning mezcal by Campante is made from "a unique cold ensemble of Espadin and Barril agave grown in the nutrient-dense valleys and mountainsides of Oaxaca, Mexico." Campante's artisanal beverage can be sipped, enjoyed on the rocks, mixed into cocktails, or with club soda and tonic. Mezcal Campante Joven is full-bodied with a sweet and silky finish. It has a powerful aroma of vanilla, chocolate, and caramel, combined with smoky nuances and herbal tones of rosemary, eucalyptus, mint, and orange blossoms."

Trend Hunter - Sep 20, 2022 Award-Winning Mezcals "Mezcal Campante Joven is an award-winning mezcal by a female-led and small-batch brand. In 2022 alone, it was awarded the Gold Medal at the L.A. Spirits Awards and the San Diego Spirits Awards, as well as 95 Points in the Chilled100 Spirits Awards."

Uncrate - Sep 13, 2022 Mezcal Campante "Crafted in small batches using traditional techniques, Mezcal Campante blends two types of agave for a unique, smooth drink. Espadin and Barril agave piñas from the nutrient-rich Oaxaca region are cooked in an above ground stone oven, fermented in large wooden vats, and double distilled in copper pots before being bottled at 40% ABV. The process allows some of the smoke flavor to dissipate, resulting in a mix of flavors that range from slightly sweet citrus to light herbal tones, while still retaining the smoky essence the spirit is known for."

Forbes Mexico - May 20, 2022 El imperio del mezcal quiere crecer en el mundo

InsideHook - Apr 27, 2022 Why Mezcal Deserves Your Time and Respect "In the drinks world, mezcal seems like the hot new category. Drizly, the alcohol delivery platform, saw Mezcal sales explode 600% year-to-year in 2020. What’s more, sales overall in the U.S. are expected to continue to climb 18% in 2022. And yet, if you look closely at those statistics, you’ll notice all those numbers are relative. Mezcal also makes up just one percent of Drizly’s total sales; tequila also has a production level about 65 times higher than its agave cousin. There are a lot of reasons Americans have been tentative with embracing mezcal: the lack of a defining cocktail, brand name recognition and most importantly, even a general understanding of the category that goes beyond “smoky tequila.”"

Women in Distilling - Dec 13, 2021 Shirley Leigh-Wood Oakes of Mezcal Campante "Mezcal features heavily in Shirley Leigh-Wood Oakes’s earliest memories of Mexico. Her mother was born in the country, in fact, and she herself spent time there with family. “Mezcal was always, always there — always on the table,” she recalled. So when she stepped into her role as the CEO of Mezcal Campante, co-founding the brand with three partners, Leigh-Wood Oakes brought not only a wealth of business experience with her but also those familial ties. It’s almost as if she’d been destined to lead a mezcal brand to success from the very beginning."

Trendhunter - Nov 13, 2021 Mezcal-Paired Artisanal Chocolates "Mezcal and chocolate are two items that are both highly synonymous with great beverage and snacking traditions of Mexico, which is precisely why artisanal chocolate maker Aranda Honest Chocolate has launched a line of fair-trade chocolates that are specifically designed to complement Mezcal Campante's line of high-quality mezcals."

Men's Journal Best Spritz Recipes to Sip All Summer Long "The Campante Spritz: This cocktail is inspired by both Mexico’s paloma and Italy’s classic spritz. “Mezcal and grapefruit are a match made in heaven, with Aperol adding a bittersweet kick,” says Tom Byrne, bar manager at GOLD, Notting Hill in London. The lemon leaf in this drink can be swapped out for other citrus leaves, which adds a fresh, herbal aroma to round out the cocktail, he says. Ingredients 1 oz Mezcal Campante 1 oz Aperol 0.33 oz agave syrup 1 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit juice 3 oz club soda 1 lemon leaf Instructions Combine all ingredients except the club soda in a wine glass. Add ice to the top of the glass and stir quickly to combine. Top with soda and add the lemon leaf for garnish, pushing the leaf through the soda to mix, breaking the skin slightly to express the oils."

Venice Magazine Mezcal 101 "Mezcal, sexy, bad bitch that she is, is more than just her smoke show reputation. Fresh, herbaceous, complex and, yes, often smokey, with tasting notes that can range from eucalyptus and cacao to overripe papaya and even shoe leather, mezcal’s fan base has exploded over the last few years, and never more so than now in South Florida."

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Expansion News - Jul 18, 2022 Mezcal Campante Scores Big with Chilled 100 Spirits Awards and the LA Spirits Awards

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• Small Business
• Latinx
• Women Owned
• NYC-Based
• Sustainability Driven
• Hispanic-Owned
• Latinx-Owned
• Grocery
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• Male Owned
• Direct To Consumer

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