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    Tío Rey

    Maestro Mezcalero, Mezcal Vago

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    Portrait of Tío Rey

    Portrait of Tío Rey

    i. Biography

    Tío Rey Salomón Rodríguez is a maestro mezcalero making ancestral mezcal for Mezcal Vago in Sola de Vega, Oaxaca, including clay-pot distillations.

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