OK, it's a little confusing, so let's break it down. Mezcal and tequila are both made from agave, but tequila can be made only from the blue agave plant. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From budget-friendly to top-shelf options. In the world of spirits, tequila is currently having a moment. According to recent ...

Very quickly, to be called “tequila” legally, the spirit in your bottle has the be made with Blue Weber agave in Jalisco, Mexico. So a Blue Weber agave spirit that’s made in, say, Baja California or ...

Tequila has been one of the fastest growing spirit categories in the world. Between 2000 and 2020, according to the Consejo Regulador de Tequila, the industry’s regulatory body, production of Tequila ...

Historically, the women of Tequila (as in the town) have been the ones who cultivated the blue agave plants, called hijuelos (little children). Women can still be seen today working ...

When it comes to tequila, forget about words like “smooth,” “smoky,” and “rich.” It’s not that there aren’t tequilas that fit that bill (añejos explore this territory quite well), but the spirit ...

Everything you think you know about Tequila... is probably a marketing lie thought up by the people who want to sell you on the romance of 100% blue agave spirits, the purity and tradition of its ...

It should come as no surprise that North America is tequila’s biggest market, with Texas leading the charge. Last year, agave-based spirits were behind only vodka and whiskey in overall U.S. sales.