Oct 17, 2018 | Brands, Denominación de Origen, Tequila
Just when you think you’ve reached peak tequila along comes this Teslaquila story to blow all your assumptions out of the water. The latest chapter was Elon Musk’s October 12th tweet: Visual approximation pic.twitter.com/sMn3Pv476Y — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)...
Aug 28, 2018 | Agave, Tequila
Agave prices in Jalisco just keep rising. Per a friend in the business blue agave in Jalisco is “27 (pesos/kilo) for good, mature, and ripe agave, 24/25 for unripe agave.” He also noted that it’s the rainy season now which is crimping supply. As he...
Jan 29, 2018 | Brands, Tequila
In this interview with Gotham Magazine, Rande Berber, George Clooney’s business partner in Casamigos Tequila, mentions that they’re launching a mezcal label. He doesn’t offer many specifics, just this exchange: You recently sold your company for...
Oct 18, 2017 | Agave, Sustainability, Tequila
Yesterday Siembra Valles and Tequila Interchange Project founder David Suro posted the following to Facebook on the agave price spike that everyone has been discussing over the past months. In July it seemed like 18 pesos a kilo was extravagant, that was a huge topic...
Apr 20, 2016 | Brands, Events, Tastings, Tequila
It’s not often, if at all, we venture into Tequila world, but when this opportunity came up to collaborate on an agave event at the Clift Hotel, we jumped. With the NOM 199 proposal hanging over the agave industry’s head, we figured it was time to put...
Feb 3, 2016 | Brands, Denominación de Origen, Tequila
It seems hard to believe that our paths hadn’t crossed before but I finally had the opportunity to meet David Suro, he of Tequila Restaurant in Philadelphia, the Tequila Interchange Project (TIP) and Siembra Azul Tequila. For a good picture of the man and his...
