Join the Y-MSCA on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 5:30pm in Yakima for an incredible night of food, drink and tequila tasting by regional expert Luis Navarro. Featuring a delicious gourmet dinner at the Yakima Valley Museum, it promises to be an evening of incredible flavor.
Much like wine quality and flavors vary from producer to producer, so does tequila (this year’s tasting event will feature some mezcal as well). A $75 ticket includes dinner, one drink ticket (beer & wine will also be available), and tequila/mezcal paired with dinner. Mr. Luis Navarro has traveled extensively throughout Mexico’s tequila producing region where he has been trained by tequila masters. Navarro will share stories of his visits to agave plantations and tequila distilling facilities known as “casas tequileras,” where he has learned from industry owners and workers.
Navarro supports Mexico’s Tequila Regulatory Council, the Tequila Chamber and tequila producers in advancing the knowledge of the tequila industry and traditions and education of the “proper way” to enjoy tequila.
Tables of eight seats are available for $600.
Tickets are available through Sister City board members or online at www.yakimamorelia.org or www.brownpapertickets.com. For media inquiries and other questions, please call event coordinator and board member Jessica Moskwa at 509.961.0760 or email her at Moskwa.jessica@gmail.com
MORE ABOUT THE TEQUILA AT NOCHE AGAVE
Tequila is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, northwest of the city of Tequila, but also in certain areas of Michoacán, where our sister city is located.
Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant (a form of agave, Agave americana) native to Mexico. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli which means “oven-cooked agave.”
While dining on tequila-inspired courses with your friends, you’ll learn how the agave plant is harvested and tequila/mezcal created.
ABOUT THE Y-MSCA
All proceeds from the evening will benefit the community programs of The Yakima-Morelia Sister City Association. The Y-MSCA (est. 1999) is a 100% volunteer run non-profit association which promotes mutual understanding and the sharing of cultural diversity by facilitating interaction in social, cultural, artistic, economic and educational areas between the people of Yakima, Washington, USA and Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Since 1999, the Y-MSCA, with its all volunteer members, has produced dozens of cultural events and programs in Yakima, including:
– Hosting visiting musicians and dancers from Morelia, in partnership with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and The Seasons Performance Hall. A 2008 program with Allied Arts of Yakima with Morelia artist Javier Lopez Ortiz, who taught 600+ students his watercolor techniques over 3 weeks.
– Hosting at least one citizen delegation annually or sending a delegation from Yakima, including partners from the medical, public safety and arts communities as well as government officials
– Produced 9 years of the Dia de los Muertos Community Altar Exhibit, which 600 Yakima community members participate in annually.