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    Third-Generation Mezcalero

    Celestino Sernas López

    Third-Generation Mezcalero, The Producer Mezcal

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    Third-Generation Mezcalero
    Portrait of Celestino Sernas López

    Portrait of Celestino Sernas López

    i. Biography

    Celestino Sernas López is a third-generation mezcalero from Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico, born on May 19, 1975, who learned the craft at his family’s palenque under the guidance of his father and grandfather.

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