Review: Casa Dragones Blanco Tequila
Casa Dragones Blanco Tequila was introduced May 2014 in the US. This is the follow up to their ultra, ultra premium Casa Dragones Jovan Tequila that was launched in 2008. It is small batch multi column distilled with 100% blue agave grown for 8-12 years on an estate 1200 meters above sea level, and pure natural spring water that travels from atop a volcano into a 70 meter deep natural underground aquifer. Each bottle is hand labeled, with the batch, bottle number, and date listed. Read more 
Review: BooYa Silver Tequila
BooYa Silver Tequila was introduced in 2009. It is one of six tequilas made under the BooYa label. The others include Reposado, Anejo, Espresso, Silver Mint, and Acai Berry. BooYa Silver is made with 8-12 year old 100% Blue agave. The extracted agave pina’s weigh between 40 and 70 pounds. It takes an average of 15 pounds to make a quart of BooYa tequila. The agave is chopped before roasting in steam ovens. After cooking, the pina’s are torn apart to extract the juice. After 48 hours of fermentation the tequila is double distilled. Read more
Review: 3 Amigos Blanco Tequila
3 Amigos Blanco Tequila is made with 100% Weber Blue agave grown in the rich red soil of the Highlands on the Gonzalez family farm where they have grown 100% blue agave for 4 generations. Once harvested the agave pinas are cooked in small batches in a pressure cooker for 12 hours, and then crushed to release the sugars. The juice is then fermented in stainless steel tanks for 72 hours. It is then distilled for 2 hours separating the alcohol and impurities. The second distillation takes 5 hours and purifies the alcohol, followed by a filtering process. Read more
Review: Fortaleza Blanco Tequila
Fortaleza Blanco Tequila was launched by Don Guillermo in 2005. Five generations of tequila making starting with their first distillery in 1873. While the business was sold in 1976, the family kept the land and distillery. Don Guillermo started getting the old distillery up and running again in 1999. They start with 100% estate grown 8 year old blue agave. The agave is slow steam cooked for 36 hours in a very old stone oven. The agave then is cooled for 24 hours before it is stone crushed using a two ton volcanic stone pulled by an electric tractor. The agave juice is fermented for 4 days in an open air wooden tank and then double distilled in 100 year old copper pot stills. Read more
Review: Mejor Blanco Tequila
Mejor Blanco Tequila is an ultra premium tequila that is made with 100% blue agave, grown on the family’s single estate. This tequila is micro distilled with each bottle dated with the batch and bottle number. Master distiller Marco Cedan Nunez perfected his talents as a Master Distiller with Don Julio before joining and creating the Mejor product line of tequila. Mejor invests up to 40 days on additional proprietary filtering and processing steps after distillation including smoothing the tequila through a natural oxygen filtration process. Read more
Review: Tributo Blanco Tequila
Tributo Blanco Tequila was launched in 2011. The name and the tequila itself is a tribute from a son to his father. In 2000 Hector Barreto Sr. a founder and former president of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce bought property in Jalisco Mexico and started planting agave on 50 acres. His dream was to produce tequila. After dying in 2004 his son Hector Barreto Jr. immersed himself in learning the process of creating tequila from the field, to distilling, bottling, marketing, and distribution. Today Tributo is small batch crafted with agave harvested from their own ranch. Read more
Review: Don Fernando Silver Tequila
Don Fernando Silver Tequila is made from agave grown on a single estate for up to 12 years. Once harvested the agave is slow cooked for 48 hours in masonry ovens. After the agave has cooled, they are chopped and pressed to separate the juice from the fiber. The juice is fermented with a proprietary yeast for 72 hours and than double distilled in copper stills. Read more
Review: El Padrino Blanco Tequila
El Padrino Blanco tequila scored a 95 with the Beverage Testing Institute in August of 2013 and for 2 years I have searched for this tequila, finally finding it at Total Wine and More. Very little information is available, which is surprising for such a well thought of product. Maybe others have had the same problem finding this tequila. It is made with 100% Blue agave. Once extracted the agave is slow cooked and double distilled in small copper pot stills. Read more
Review: Sino Silver Tequila
Sino Silver Tequila was developed and introduced in 2010 by Judy Rivera. Sino is crafted at Vinos Y Licores Azteca, a 100% female owned distillery. After harvesting, each pina is quartered and cooked in clay ovens for 24 hours. The steam is turned off and the pinas rest for 24 hours in the closed oven. The oven is then opened and the pina rest for another 24 hours. Four grinders are used to extract the juice. 100% natural yeast is added to the juice and it ferments for 6-8 days in open air tanks. The tequila is double distilled, and 96 hours of oxygenation follows before bottling. Read more
Review: Chinaco Blanco Tequila
Chinaco Blanco Tequila is made at Tequilera La Gonzalena, the only distillery in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Chinaco is named for wealthy landowners who during the eighteenth and nineteenth century became legendary fighter in both the War of Reform and the French Intervention. Their leader was General Manuel Gonzalez, the Great Grandson of Guillermo Gonzalez the man who opened the distillery, and launched the Chinaco brand. Chinaco was the original ultra premium tequila introduced in the US in 1983. It is made with 100% organic Blue Agave grown for 8-12 years in the state of Tamaulipus. The agave is sourced from different elevations with a small portion of the agave also coming from Jalisco. This is done to craft their unique taste. Once harvested the agave is quartered then roasted in large ovens at low temperatures for 12 hours. The agave hearts are then pressed and shred in a sugarcane press. The juice is fermented with a proprietary yeast in a stainless steel vessel for 72 hours. The tequila is small batch double distilled in two stainless steel copper lined Alembic stills. Read more