Santa Inés Sola is a small community outside of the town of Sola de Vega, in south-west Oaxaca. It’s here we came across Florian, his Nephew Gilberto, and their smart palenque.
While the Sola de Vega region is known for clay pot production, this palenque is set up not only with clay pots, but also copper alembics - with and without refrescador tops, allowing for much more experimentation.
Florian has an impressive array of agave growing in the steep hills that surround the palenque. Cultivation is with consideration for the environment and other species of plans and trees in the area. He’s even experimenting with agave cupreata - not normally found in this part of southern Oaxaca.
