How Agave Biodiversity Protects Tequila’s Tomorrow A bottle of tequila begins years before anyone pours it. Before fermentation. Before distillation. Before barrels. Before there is even a harvested piña. It begins with a living plant rooted in Mexican soil. And that...
Why Letting Agaves Flower Matters to Tequila’s Future Most tequila drinkers know the agave piña. Far fewer ever see what happens when a mature agave is not harvested. From the center of the plant rises a towering flower stalk known as a quiote. Flowers open high above...
