Tequila News

Looks like Phoenix is really growing up this year, at least when it comes to alcohol.

Dos Lunas tequila, already a solid performer at tasting competitions, was recently awarded gold medals for every one of its primary lines of tequila at Chicago's International Review of Spirits at the renowned Beverage Tasting Institute.

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At a recent tequila tasting at El Vitral Mexican Restaurant and Tequila Bar in Downtown San Diego, I was introduced to a great pair - tequila blanco and pozole verde.

In our recent article, " Cold Duck Today--Hot Tamale ", we wrote of the City of Indio's 18th Annual Tamale Festival to be held this weekend Dec.

The holidays are a great time to share your love of tequila or to give the gift of tequila to an aficionado.

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Yesterday I published a recipe for the Cranberry Margarita , an easy-to-make cocktail with very basic ingredients.

Available in very small quantities, the Casa Dragones Tequila is hand-made using pure spring water and the finest Blue Agaves that are hand picked for harvest by a Maestro Tequilero.

Midway through a hapless bartender's spiel about the distillation process at a tequila sampling event in Toronto earlier this week, I grew antsy with the temptation to grab a shot of the stuff and run away rather than listen to another word about how the agave is mashed .

Cranberry Margarita served on the rocks. Cocktails can be time consuming and difficult to make; sometimes you have to go out and find a special liqueur or another fresh or obscure ingredient.

There's more to tequila than margaritas and slammers. Tim Wapshott hits the agave trail and learns to savour the real thing TERI PENGILLEY Tequila's sunrise: UK restaurants such as Wahaca want diners to consider tequila as an aperitif or part of a meal enlarge Cleo Rocos is on a mission.

Many of us have experienced the good the bad and the ugly while trekking through Margaritaville, a journey that can leave the even most adventurous a little fuzzy about the merits of tequila.

To celebrate one of today's great NFL match-ups: two team-themed, layered tequila shots - using the team colors.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila ... floor! Nothing can make a night -- or a year -- disappear quite like the agave-fueled Mexican liquor.

San Diego is blessed to have some awesome places to enjoy great tequila, like Cantina Mayahuel in the University Heights area and El Agave - one of the top 10 tequila lounges in the United States , according to Playboy - in Old Town.

Here's another new take on a classic tequila cocktail - the Matador. The Passionate Matador adds Skyy Passion Fruit infused vodka and a bit of bubbly, for a nice extra flavor and texture.

Celebrating the company's 250th anniversay this year, the world's oldest maker of tequila, Jose Cuervo has released a limited edition '250 Aniversario Tequila'. Limited to just 495 bottles, this ultra-rare tequila is made with a blend of 5-, 10-, 15- and 20-year-old anejo tequilas, plus a selection of blanco tequila uncovered in the Cuervo cellars ...

There's a new tequila in town, and it ain't like those other vaqueros. Dulce Vida tequila is pure, plain and simple: it's 100-proof, nothing but the distilled juice of organic agave plants from Mexico.

There's a new player on the tequila market: Dulce Vida, which has just released a complete line on a limited basis in the Austin and San Antonio markets.