Tequilas Rising
Private Clubs Magazine - July-August 2011
“I don’t like tequila,” says a woman on my flight to Guadalajara. “But the good stuff . . . ” she says, hand fluttering happily above her heart, “oh my.”
While tequila made entirely from the Weber blue agave plant traditionally costs well upward of $40, several new offerings fall in the more accessible $20-$40 range. Aged in ex-whiskey, cognac, and bourbon barrels to impart new flavors, the stock of the “good stuff,” most of which is made in the Mexican state of Jalisco, is growing.
Of our new favorites below, the Antiguo and Olmeca are slated to go from test markets to national distribution this year, the Cuervo just made that leap, and you’ll need to cross the border for the Dos Siglos. Oh my, indeed.
... read the rest of the story here in Private Clubs Magazine.
