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A three day, multi venue celebration of Latin American spirits, food and cocktails.

Welcome to Fiesta de Agave

Fiesta de Agave is a three-day, island-wide celebration across Grand Cayman’s hotels, restaurants, and bars—an immersive journey into the world of agave and Latin American spirits.

Bringing together a compelling mix of immersive and interactive events and an international line-up of bartenders, producers, writers, and experts. The festival explores agave through tastings, seminars, pop-ups, and takeovers—culminating in La Gran Fiesta at the Kimpton Seafire Beach Deck, the festival’s flagship event.

20 agave brands · 5 international restaurants & bars · 15 local venues 

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International Guest Bars + Restaurants

Café Pacifico | London

Café Pacifico | London

Café Pacifico is a lively Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden and the UK’s first Mexican cantina, established in 1982. Known for bold, authentic flavors and famous margaritas, it features colorful and eclectic décor, murals, and Mexican-inspired artwork.

Kaito Del Valle | Mexico City

Kaito Del Valle | Mexico City

Kaito Del Valle is Mexico City’s visionary izakaya-inspired cocktail bar founded in 2016 as the first in Latin America run entirely by women, led by acclaimed bartender Claudia Cabrera. Renowned for inventive Japanese-inflected drinks, playful hospitality and global accolades.

Salon de Agave | Mexico City

Salon de Agave | Mexico City

Salón de Agave is a vibrant, intimate bar in Roma Norte, set inside Casa Prunes. It offers a personalized tasting journey through agave spirits like tequila, mezcal, raicilla, and bacanora, guided by expert hosts in a cozy, stylish setting.

Rayo | Mexico City

Rayo | Mexico City

Located in Mexico City’s Roma Norte neighborhood, Rayo is a multi-level cocktail bar known for its dynamic cocktails and contemporary Mexican cuisine. Inspired by the legend of the goddess Mayahuel, Rayo combines premium spirits with inventive techniques to create unique drinking experiences.

Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant | San Francisco

Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant | San Francisco

Home of the world-famous Tommy’s Margarita, incredible Yucatan food and the warmest welcome in the business, this legendary family-owned Tequila bar and restaurant has been spreading the good word of Agave since 1965.

International Special Guests

JULIO BERMEJO

Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant

Julio Bermejo is a world-renowned tequila expert and the force behind San Francisco’s Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant. A champion of 100% agave tequila, he created the Tommy’s Margarita and has educated global audiences as the Official U.S. Ambassador of Tequila.

CLAUDIA CABRERA

Kaito del Valle

Claudia “Klaw” Cabrera is a bartender, creative, and co-founder of Kaito del Valle. With over 20 years behind the bar, she champions inclusion and quality mixology. Kaito became Latin America’s first women-operated bar, earning international acclaim.

AUDREY HANDS

Fónico y Rayo

With nearly two decades in hospitality, London-born Audrey Hands has worked across three continents as a bartender, brand builder, and advocate. Fluent in five languages, she honed her craft at top bars worldwide before becoming Global Brand Ambassador for Havana Club, working across 70 countries.

MEGS MILLER

Salon de Agave

Canadian-born Megs Miller has spent 20 years working in top cocktail bars worldwide, from Australia to Europe, Indonesia, and Colombia. Now based between Mexico and Canada, she focuses on agave and sotol education through Salon de Agave and Coco’s Cocktail & Agave Bar.

SOPHIE BARRERA

Salon de Agave

Sophie Barrera is a passionate advocate for agave spirits who began her hospitality career at 21. She focuses on agave studies, research, and conservation, helping preserve traditional and generational mezcales across Mexico through her work with Salón de Agave.

CARLOS LONDOÑO

Café Pacifico

Medellín-born Carlos Londoño is Co-Owner and Co-General Manager of Café Pacifico, a London institution with a 43-year legacy. With 26 years in agave spirits, he helped introduce tequila to the UK, led major education programs, and is a certified tequila expert.

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JIM WRIGLEY

Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa

In over a quarter of a century in the global hospitality scene, Jim Wrigley has shaken cocktails at Buckingham Palace, tiki-fied Caribbean beach bars, and designed drinks programs from London to New York to the Cayman Islands. As Beverage Manager at Kimpton’s Seafire Resort + Spa, he launched the award-winning Library by the Sea, and is one of the co-founders of Fiesta de Agave.

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ZDENEK KASTANEK

ecoSPIRITS

Zdenek Kastanek has over 20 years of global beverage industry experience across four continents. A founding team member of Proof & Company, he now leads international expansion for ecoSPIRITS in the Americas, advancing low-waste, low-carbon spirits solutions.

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SOPHIE DECOBECQ

Calle 23 Tequila

Founder of Calle 23 Tequila, Sophie Decobecq moved from France to Mexico with a background in biochemistry and engineering. Her curiosity led her to distill tequila for herself, evolving into a globally respected, category-defining agave spirits brand.

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EDDIE HEINTZ

Director of Hospitality & Author

Eddie Heintz is a lifelong hospitality professional whose career spans San Francisco, Hawaii, and Napa Valley. A former CIA instructor, he brings hospitality to life as a philosophy and practice. He is the author of Making Welcome and currently works at Caymus Vineyards.

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MITCH WILSON

Agave Author

Mitch Wilson discovered his love for rum at London’s Trailer Happiness and refined his craft in Sydney and beyond. A decade behind the bar and extensive distillery travel led him to his role as Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum, sharing rum knowledge worldwide.

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WAYNE EPPLE

ecoSPIRITS, Drinks Ltd

Wayne Epple has spent over 20 years in the hospitality industry across Australia, Europe, the USA, and the Caribbean owning and operating award-winning bars, as well as setting up and managing sustainable spirits technology company ecoSPIRITS Cayman Islands, and boutique spirits agency, Drinks Ltd. Wayne is also one of the co-founders of Fiesta de Agave.

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