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    Maestro Mezcalero

    José Ventura Gallegos

    Maestro Mezcalero, Mezcales de Leyenda (Vinata Nombre de Dios)

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    Portrait of José Ventura Gallegos

    Portrait of José Ventura Gallegos

    i. Biography

    He is the maker of Mezcales de Leyenda Durango's Maguey Cenizo and a local community activist who assumed full operations of a small vinata where he had worked with family and neighbors for more than twenty years.

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