The Best Mezcal Tasting
From $40 $36 per person
2 hours · English, Spanish · Up to 10 · Free cancellation
City tasting with six or more mezcals, snacks, a cocktail and audiovisual production explanations. Listed maximum 10 guests; adults 18+.
Mezcal tastings in Oaxaca City: two 2-hour sessions compared
A guided mezcal tasting in Oaxaca City costs from $36 per person, lasts 2 hours and pours five to six-plus mezcals in a room you can walk to from the Zócalo. Two sessions are bookable right now: The Best Mezcal Tasting (4.8 from 20 reviews, six-plus pours and a cocktail) and the Candlelight Mezcal Tasting (five wild-agave pours at $87, two reviews so far). Both run in English and Spanish and cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
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Candlelight Mezcal Tasting with Wild Agaves
From $87 per person
2 hours · English, Spanish · Free cancellation
Five wild-agave mezcals in a candlelit restored house, with water, accompaniments and a gift. The provider is FUEGO SILVESTRE EXPERIENCE.
Which one to pick
| Tour | Price | Hours | Rating | Group | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Mezcal Tasting | $36 pp | 2 | 4.8 (20 reviews) | Up to 10 | A first tasting: 6+ mezcals, snacks and a cocktail you mix yourself |
| Candlelight Mezcal Tasting | $87 pp | 2 | 2.7 (2 reviews) | Not listed | Five wild-agave mezcals in a candlelit colonial house, clay cup to keep |
| Mezcal Tour Oaxaca | $101 pp | 5 | 4.7 (60 reviews) | Not listed | Leaving town: palenque, agave field, up to 13 pours, English only |
| The Mezcal Journey | $104 pp | 6 | 4.8 (111 reviews) | Up to 12 | Leaving town: 3 hours at a Matatlán palenque, unlimited tasting, lunch included |
Book The Best Mezcal Tasting unless the candlelit setting is the point. It pours more, costs less than half as much and has twenty reviews with a 5.0 guide score behind it.
The Candlelight tasting has exactly two reviews: one 5-star with text, one 1-star with no text. That averages to 2.7, which says more about the sample size than about the evening. GetYourGuide still tags it “New activity”.
What you get for the price
The Best Mezcal Tasting serves more than six mezcals from different regions, agave varieties and categories, with crudités or snacks, a hydration drink and audiovisual material on the production process. The session is split in two: the tasting, then a mezcal cocktail you can prepare yourself. Hosts Fernando and Maryori run the tasting rooms; guests are limited to 10 and must be 18 or over.
Reviewers score the guide 5.0 and value for money 4.7. Indranil (United Kingdom, June 2026): “A fun tasting session which lasted a couple of hours in a good venue in central oaxaca. The host was excellent and the mezcals were good quality.”
The Candlelight session by Fuego Silvestre pours five wild-agave mezcals inside a restored colonial house, opens with a welcome ritual and closes with a handmade clay vessel to take home. Water and accompaniments are included; meals and transport to the venue are not. Not open to pregnant women or anyone under 18.
That is roughly 2.4 times the price for one fewer pour. You are paying for the setting.
Where they meet and how long to allow
The Best Mezcal Tasting meets at 20 de Noviembre SN in the Centro, a few steps from the pedestrian walkway, so no taxi is needed from anywhere in the historic centre. The Candlelight tasting is at Constitución 504, also in the Centro.
Two hours is the listed length for both. One reviewer of The Best Mezcal Tasting was taken to a cocktail bar afterwards, so an evening slot leaves room for dinner before, not after.
Both sessions offer reserve-now-pay-later and free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start.
If you would rather taste at the palenque
The city sessions explain production with slides and pours. To see the ovens and stills, two tours leave from the Centro.
Mezcal Tour Oaxaca departs at 9:30 or 15:30, drives to the Santiago Matatlán and Tlacolula area, walks an agave plantation, runs a production class at a family distillery and pours up to 13 mezcals including pechuga, with a pulquería stop on the way. Round-trip transport is included, food is not. English only; GetYourGuide’s “loved by English speakers” score is 92%. Closed-toe shoes are advised for the thorns in the fields.
The Mezcal Journey starts at Templo de San Matías Jalatlaco, spends 50 minutes in the van to Matatlán, 30 minutes in the Campo Enigma agave field, 3 hours at the palenque with unlimited tasting and an hour over lunch at Doña Chica, all included. Groups are capped at 12; bottles, cocktails and hotel pickup are extra.
Start with the Best Mezcal Tasting review, the higher-rated of the two city sessions, for the full itinerary and traveller quotes.