Tequila has come a long way from salt-shot-lime. Today’s premium tequilas call for a little more respect.
According to ACNielsen, sales of the Ultra Premium Tequilas (those retailing for more than $26 a bottle) grew over the past twelve months by 41 percent, while those of the mixtos (with an average price less than $11.99) actually […]
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Phil Lempert - food editor for NBCs “Today” tasted some top tequilas on his show “How to Become a Tequila Connoisseur”
Don Julio: In 1942 Don Julio Gonzalez opened his first distillery La Primavera in a little town called Atotonilco and began producing the most prestigious tequila brand in Mexico. Tequila Don Julio is made from 100 […]
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Did you know that Tequila production is regulated by the Mexican government? Mexicans identify Tequila as a unique symbol of their culture and environment, as well as the national drink.Today, Tequila is consumed and enjoyed worldwide. Because of this, Mexico has felt the need for protection of this spirit in international trade agreements.
In bilateral and […]
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Here is a new spin on the Tequila shot.
Tequila-Oyster Shooters
Kosher salt, for coating the glass rims
1 dozen oysters, freshly shucked, with their liquor
1 cup chilled fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons minced red bell pepper
1 tablespoon minced shallots
1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
12 ounces tequila
Ice
Moisten the rims […]
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Holiday Gift Giving Ideas: Tequila. OK, as a man, giving liquor as a gift if very inviting because a). There’s no thinking involved, and b). You can wrap it in a gift bag, and c). if your receiver is kind enough, he might let you have some.
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Blue Agave, the tequila agave of the Agave tequilana species is an agave that is an important economic product of Jalisco state in Mexico due to its role as the base ingredient of tequila.
The tequila agave grows natively in Jalisco, favoring the high altitudes and sandy soil. Commercial and wild agaves have very different life […]
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Tequila is one of the fastest growing spirits in the marketplace today. As with fine wine, tequila needs to be sipped and enjoyed, and served at the proper temperature. Most people consider the shot glass as the correct vessel for drinking tequila, but the people at Austria’s Riedel Glass Company have come up with a […]
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Did you know that the most frequently ordered cocktail in America is the margarita? It is according to David Karraker, spokesman for Allied Domecq’s Sausa Tequila, citing studies by Research International. Revenue from U.S. tequila sales last year rose by 11% to $1.06 billion, according to figures from the Distilled Spirits Council. More tellingly, while […]
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This classic tequila drink is beautiful when you float the grenadine on top. It truly does look like a sunrise…
Tequila Sunrise Recipe
Collins Glass
Fill with ice.
1 oz. Tequila
Fill with orange juice.
Float 1/2 oz. grenadine on the top.
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In 1940 Jacobo Lozano Páez moved to Mexico City from Parras, Coahuila, Mexico to study painting in the National School of Arts of San Carlos. He got a job at the historic liquor store “La Minita” affiliated with “La Economica” in downtown Mexico City . This experience changed his artistic aspirations to those of a […]
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