The agave lab

Biggest roast yet, almost one ton! Mostly all caramelized. An array of amazing flavors off of the americanas (pineapple, mint, melon), potatorum (floral woody), nussavorium (bright, mango) and of course the tequilana (pure caramel and sweet potato)

Salmiana and dappled light in the dog days of summer.

AGAVE 101

A Day in the Field

Saturday, August 29 | 12:30–4 PM
Valley Center, California

Spend a day in the field exploring agave growing in California — from cultivation and species selection to water, soils, propagation, pest pressures, and the possibilities for agave in our changing landscapes.

Farm Tour • Speakers & Educators • Field Discussions • Lunch

Hosted by the California Agave Council
at The Agave Lab

Stay for the evening!

A separate ticketed Agave at the Table: A Summer Gathering follows the field day, featuring a farm dinner, California agave spirits tasting, ecology talk, and live music.

More details + registration coming soon.

Featuring Quiote BBQ, Giver Spirits and Coastal Ecologist Keith Lombardo with his band The Turgid Succulents QUIOTE

Agave at the Table is an evening of food, spirits, science, and community celebrating California agave. Enjoy a live-fire farm dinner by Quiote BBQ, a guided tasting of California-grown agave spirits featuring Giver Spirits, a special talk by Keith Lombardo on The Mystery of Shaw’s Agave: What we’re learning about one of California’s rarest agaves and the search for its pollinators., and live music in the agave fields of Valley Center.

Come experience the people and ideas shaping the future of California agave.

🍽 Live-fire dinner by Quiote BBQ 🥃 Guided tasting of California-grown agave spirits featuring Giver Spirits 🌵 Featured Talk Keith Lombardo The Mystery of Shaw’s Agave 🎶 Live acoustic music by the Turgid Succulents

A Thursday night for agave spirits, learning, tortilla making, and tacos with SD’s The Agave Lab 👉 Link in Bio to register 💚

Hang out in the Garden on August 27th, for an evening of connection with agave—a resilient crop that may be one of the answers to a climate that’s becoming hotter and dryer. In partnership with The Agave Lab, an agave-centric educational farm project in San Diego County, spend an evening appreciating this ancestral plant through agave spirits, tortilla making, and tacos.
Get to know The Agave Lab throughout the night, along with Giver Spirits, a local California agave producer highlighting women farmers! The Agave Lab’s focus is on inspiring innovation and building community around agave in the face of climate change. Led by Deanna Moore, they are exploring how ancestral knowledge, regenerative farming, and creativity can come together to shape a more resilient future. Agave has the potential to be a regenerative dryland crop, providing resources and materials for distilled spirits, textiles, surfboards, building materials, fuels, and medicine. Let’s celebrate resilient solutions and a local initiative!
Event Details
🗓️Thursday, August 27th
🕟 4–8 PM
📍The Farm
🌵Agave spirit tasting flights & cocktails by Giver Spirits
🌮 Tacos
🤲 Tortilla making
🤝 Meet The Agave Lab

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