Taste the Land: Tequila Terroir, Organic Agave & Provenance

Taste the Land: Tequila Terroir, Organic Agave & Provenance

Taste the Land, Not the Brand: How to Understand Where Tequila Really Comes From Before you taste the brand, taste the place. That sounds romantic. It should also be practical. Before tequila has a bottle, label, cocktail menu, advertising campaign or tasting note,...
Tequila Is a Living System: From Agave Field to Glass

Tequila Is a Living System: From Agave Field to Glass

Tequila Is a Living System, Not Just a Product: From Soil and Agave to Fermentation and Glass A bottle of tequila looks finished. Glass. Cork. Label. Proof. Price. Everything about it suggests a completed product. But follow tequila backward from the bottle and it...
Single-Estate Tequila & Terroir: Does Place Affect Tequila?

Single-Estate Tequila & Terroir: Does Place Affect Tequila?

Single-Estate Agave & Tequila Terroir: Can You Really Taste Where Tequila Comes From? Wine drinkers have a word for the relationship between an agricultural product and the place that produced it: Terroir. Soil. Climate. Rain. Sun. Elevation. Farming. Geography....