I was, you could say, a fan of the quintessential Mexican spirit and loved the flavour of the spiky agave plant it’s distilled from. But then one day I had a bit too much Jose Cuervo and ...

La reciente inclusión de siete municipios de Aguascalientes en la Denominación de Origen Mezcal (DOM) marca un hito para la industria de destilados en México. Este reconocimiento, otorgado por el Inst ...

As demand for craft cocktails rises, so does the pressure on the agave plant, mezcal’s source, in Mexico. It’s led to an overharvesting of the agaves before they produce nectar, which in turn ...

Yet, confusion about tequila and mezcal abounds, particularly for those new to the agave party. Is tequila a type of mezcal, or the other way around? Can you swap them in a cocktail? And what is ...

But in the early 1900s, Mexico’s first cartel was formed around a product that was relatively benign: tequila, the national spirit distilled from the pulped core of the blue agave plant.

Una de las más representativas es el tequila, elaborado a partir del agave, una planta icónica que ha sido utilizada desde la época prehispánica. De esta misma planta surgen otras bebidas ...

Visualmente, el video está cargado de elementos identitarios: tomas del agave salmiana silvestre, imágenes del proceso de producción y la presencia del propio artista frente a la fábrica. Pero más ...

As questions swirl around the two premium brands, attention is also turning to the agencies tasked with ensuring tequila purity. Clay Dillow is a Brooklyn-based wine and spirits writer who spends ...

Casamigos and another premium tequila brand, Don Julio, both claim they are made exclusively with 100% Blue Weber agave and retail for $50 to $150 per bottle as a result. Cheaper tequilas ...

Gin may have lit up cocktail menus over the past few years, but drinkers may be moving on. Agave spirits, tequila and mezcal are taking the spotlight even as vodka makes a quiet comeback.

During the Cinco de Mayo celebration at Agave Bandido in Waterside Place, Lakewood Ranch's Jake Romine wore a shirt that said "I hate margaritas" in all capital letters. In slightly smaller ...

The suit alleges that the company falsely marketed its Casamigos and Don Julio tequilas as "100% agave" while allegedly using non-agave alcohols in the production process. Plaintiffs Avi Pusateri, ...