Don Antonio first started to work with maguey and mezcal in his mid-20s, using the wild papalote growing on his familys land as an in with an experienced mezcalero who lived nearby. Don Antonio continued to hone his craft using other neighbors fabricas in exchange for a cut of the finished product until 2011, when he and his son Lorenzo built the familys first fabrica.

In addition to papalote, the Sonido family also grows some espadn, which is still considered something of a rarity in the region, having only arrived in the late 2000s.

Don Antonio is credited among his peers as the originator of borrego mezcal: a pechuga that uses lamb along with the local blend of mole botanicals.