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Mezcal Tasting with the Mezcalistas at Mateo’s Latina Cocina

Taste through five artisanal mezcals as you learn about agave varieties and the role of the heritage drink in Mexican culture and history. Tastes are accompanied by small bites from Mateo’s Cocina Latina designed to pair with each mezcal. The tasting will be led by co-founder of the Mezcalistas, Susan Coss, and will take place at Mateo’s Cocina Latina Restaurant at 214 Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg.

Susan Coss is a long time marketing and communications strategist in the world of sustainable food and beverages. She was most recently the Director of Marketing and PR for CUESA, the organization that runs the world famous Ferry Plaza Farmers market in San Francisco. She is also a co-founder and former director of the Eat Real Festival, that drew more than 250,000 people in its first three years. She has spent time in Oaxaca since 2003 and has established food and beverage relationships all over California, Mexico and Washington, DC. She has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Mateo Granados is Chef/Owner of Mateo’s Cocina Latina in Healdsburg. His restaurant represents a delicious mix of cultures, as the Yucatán-born chef has created a unique signature that celebrates rigorously sourced local and sustainable Sonoma ingredients infused with the vibrant regional flavors of his homeland and crafted with classic French finesse. Through his career, he has worked with such great chefs as Julian Serrano and Alain Rondelli, at such legendary restaurants as 42 Degrees, Masa’s, Manka’s Inverness Lodge, and Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen.