Mexico mescal

Victor Ramos Lucas plows with bulls as he prepares to plant more agave.

Victor Ramos Lucas packs maguey that has been roasted, crushed and fermented into a bucket along with fermented maguey juice.

Natalia Sanchez Bustamante prepares breakfast while Victor Ramos Lucas talks about mescal production.

The sun rises as Victor Ramos Lucas walks through his new baby maguey plantation.

Manuel Ramos Sanchez bottles distilled mescal.

Manuel Ramos Sanchez replants a small maguey after it has been uprooted by wild animals.

Victor Ramos Lucas sits in the shade in front of his home after spending a long afternoon harvesting maguey for mescal production.

Manuel Ramos Sanchez, left, and Victor Ramos Lucas stand in front of their maguey plants, an essential ingredient in their mescal production.

Manuel Ramos Sanchez creates bubbles in the distilled mescal as a way to inspect its quality.

Distilled mescal pours out into a funnel.

Natalia Sanchez Bustamante prepares lunch.