After living overseas for 25 years, Sebastian O’Keefe returned home with the dream of creating a world‑class agave spirit, using plants introduced in colonial t ...

Cristalino tequila has grown so popular in the U.S. that many consumers now recognize it as the “fifth official” expression ...

There's so much more to tequila than shots and margaritas. If you're looking for a good tequila to sip on, these are some of ...

The TTB, the organization charged with regulating alcohol in the U.S., designated the agave spirits category in 2020. While tequila and mezcal are legally recognized as distinctive products of Mexico, ...

Indian brands are rewriting the agave game by crafting spirits on home ground or distilling tequila in Mexico with a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In 2023, agave spirits are set to overtake ...

Those immersed in the world of tequila, mezcal, and other Mexican agave spirits might have noticed a small selection of bottles on back bars and store shelves that aren’t labeled as any specific type ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado may be a whiskey lover’s paradise, but those looking for an agave spirit have many options with local ties to choose from. To be clear, drinkers won ...

During a recent trip to Sonoma, Calif., I met a maker of American mezcal. I confessed to him that I only knew the drink to be crafted in Mexico and hadn’t realized that a climate like that of Northern ...

MURRIETA, Calif. — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property ...