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Learn All About Tequila

─   How to Read a Tequila Bottle.

what's on a label anyway?
Every bottle you pull off the shelf or read about online comes with its own map-on-a-bottle. Here is a list of required elements on a tequila label to help sort through the noise and focus on what really matters.
Every bottle you pull off the shelf or read about online comes with its own map-on-a-bottle. Here is a list of required elements on a tequila label to help sort through the noise and focus on what really matters.
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what's on a label anyway?
Here is a list of required elements on a tequila label to help sort through the noise and focus on what really matters.
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all about tequila regions

Tequila is a Denomination of Origin spirit. Similar to how Scotch can only be called Scotch if produced in Scotland, or Champagne, in the Champagne region of France, Tequila must be produced in the designated areas of Mexico for the spirit to be called Tequila.
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―-- The Valley of Tequila

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―-- The Tequila Region of Los Altos

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BLANCO / PLATA TEQUILA

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tequila and terrior
Terroir - you may be used to hearing this word in relation to wine: how and where the grapes grow, the weather and the seasons. What many people don't know is that applies to good sipping Tequilas as well.

─   Behind the Process.

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Terroir - You may be used to hearing this word in relation to wine: how and where the grapes grow, the weather, and seasons. What many people don’t know is that applies to good sipping Tequilas well. Agave acquire different profiles and flavors depending on the topography, soil, and climate that they are grown in.
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tequila abv

Ever heard the myth that Tequila gets you more tipsy than other spirits? Well, while Tequilas might make us feel better than other spirits while we are drinking it, it’s alcohol by volume, is right in line with most bourbons, whiskeys, gins, and vodkas.
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―-- To Worm or Not to Worm

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―-- 100% Agave vs Mixto Tequilas

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REPOSADO

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how premium tequilas age

Learn how the tequila aging process occurs, dependent on the surrounding environment. 
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―-- Barrels Used for Tequila Aging

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―-- Barrel Chars

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MEZCAL

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―-- What is Single Barrel Tequila?

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―-- Terrior, Agaves and Tequila

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―-- What is Mosto Vivo?

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―-- Meet "Frankenstein": How Tequila is milled at Destileria El Pandillo

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―-- What is a NOM?

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―-- All About Tequila Stills

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hierarchy of agave

Learn how the tequila aging process occurs, dependent on the surrounding environment. 
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―-- Stone Clay Ovens

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―-- The Angel's Share for Tequila

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AÑEJO

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―-- Hijuelos

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―-- Cactus / Not a Cactus

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―-- Always Drink 100% Blue Agave Tequila

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―-- Compoveda vs Pappy vs Stags Leap

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―-- Two Distillations

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―-- Distillations: Heads and Tails

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