{"id":286,"date":"2019-12-26T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/?p=286"},"modified":"2020-01-19T11:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:05:23","slug":"s2-c5-the-ambassadors-with-roberto-artusio-and-cristian-bugiada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"S2.C5: The Ambassadors &#8211; with Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script class=\"podigee-podcast-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.podigee-cdn.net\/podcast-player\/javascripts\/podigee-podcast-player.js\" data-configuration=\"https:\/\/elixirofthegods.podigee.io\/s2e16-freddled\/embed?context=external\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_7052-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Albert, Diego, Cristian and Roberto during a busy BCB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada are Italian Mezcal legends.  Roberto  is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerrythomasproject.it\/\">Jerry Thomas Speakeasy<\/a> and Cristian Bugiada is a partner of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freniefrizioni.com\/en\/\"> Freni e Frizioni.<\/a>  Together they created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapuntaexpendiodeagave.com\/\">La Punta Expendio de Agave<\/a> in Rome, which is a Mezcaleria, only dedicated to Agave spirits and offers more than 600 expressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7FA37D7D-8F2F-4CCE-A243-6D26DA81A989.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7FA37D7D-8F2F-4CCE-A243-6D26DA81A989.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7FA37D7D-8F2F-4CCE-A243-6D26DA81A989-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>La Punta Expendio de Agave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their passion for Agave did not go unnoticed by Mexico&#8217;s official regulatory board for Mezcal (CONSECO REGULATOR DE MEZCAL or CRM ) and it officially declared them  \u201cMezcal Ambassadors\u201d, an honor which at the time of our interview only five people outside of America have received.   <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We took the chance to speak to Roberto and Cristian during BCB.   We dug deeper into their passion for everything Maguey, their other projects and the connection they feel &#8211; as Italians &#8211; to Mexico.  Our interview with them also starts our long announced series of European bar recommendations.   <br>We had to do this interview in a noisy environment,  please excuse the not so optimal sound quality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find our evolving European Map of Mezcal bars here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ld6xDBs1V40TuyybiTJpGy3_JwUNOOlm&amp;usp=sharing\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ld6xDBs1V40TuyybiTJpGy3_JwUNOOlm&amp;usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us with your recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with us: Mail: elixirofthegodspodcast@gmail.com<br>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elixirofthegods\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elixirofthegods\/<\/a><br>Instagram: @elixirpodcast<br>Twitter: @elixirpodcast <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada are Italian Mezcal legends. Roberto is the owner of Jerry Thomas Speakeasy and Cristian Bugiada is a partner of Freni e Frizioni. Together they created La Punta Expendio de Agave in Rome, which is a Mezcaleria, only dedicated to Agave spirits and offers more than 600 expressions. Their passion for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/?p=286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S2.C5: The Ambassadors &#8211; with Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[42,40,31,39,41],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogpost","category-chapter","tag-ambassadors","tag-bars","tag-bcb","tag-map","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elixirofthegodspodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}