Month: September 2012
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A Few Things Learned in the Agave Fields in Mexico
On my recent trip with the Tahona Society, we visited took ATVs into the agave fields and "helped" harvest some agave. There, Olmeca Altos tequila Master Distiller Jesus Hernandez filled me in on some details about agave I didn't know, so I thought I'd share them: The quiote, the giant asparagus-shaped sprout that shoots up from…
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A Visit to the Sauza Distillery in Tequila, Mexico
Today on the Tahona Society trip to the tequila regions of Mexico we visited the distillery of Sauza. Yesterday’s visit to La Fortaleza was an example of the most primitive/traditional production methods for tequila. Today at Sauza we say the most high-tech. I last visited Sauza about a year ago, and that post on Alcademics…
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La Fortaleza Distillery Visit
Yesterday I visited the La Fortaleza distillery. This tiny distillery makes 100% tahona tequila, in the heart of the city of Tequila in the Lowlands. The distillery was rebuilt in a 100 year old distillery site by Guillermo Sauza, 5th-generation Sauza family. His grandfather sold Sauza to the company who sold it to Jim Beam.…
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Visiting Olmeca Altos Distillery
Today we visited the distillery Pedro Domecq, where they make Tezon, Olmeca Altos, and Olmeca tequilas. I wrote about this distillery before on Alcademics. The post is here. Tezon is made from 100 percent tahona-milled agave. It is no longer on the US market. Olmeca Altos is a blend of tahona-milled agave and rollermill…