Jimador
Juan Jesús Zúñiga Meza
Jimador, El Tesoro Tequila / Destilería La Alteña
- Discipline
- Jimador
- Venue
- La Alteña · Winery
Portrait of Juan Jesús Zúñiga Meza
i. Biography
Juan Jesús Zúñiga Meza is a traditional jimador for El Tesoro Tequila at Destilería La Alteña in Arandas, Jalisco. He specializes in the manual harvesting of mature Blue Weber agave in the Los Altos highlands, using visual and tactile expertise to assess agave ripeness.
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