Review: Partida Blanco Tequila
Partida Blanco tequila was introduced in 2001. It is made with 7-10 year old 100% blue agave grown on the Partida Family Estate. The pinas are slow roasted for 20 hours in stainless steel ovens and after the agave juice is extracted it ferments for 36-40 hours before it is double distilled. Read more 
Review: Don Pilar Blanco Tequila
Don Pilar Blanco tequila was introduced in 2011, three years after they released their first tequila, Don Pilar Anejo. The tequila is named after Don Pilar, who arrived in the US in 1966 as a migrant worker. In 1986 with two partners they opened their first Tres Amigos Taqueria. In 2001 Don Pilar opened La Trasquila Distillery in San Ignacio Cerro Gordo Jalisco. Don Pilar Blanco is crafted with 100% Blue agave grown on five private ranches. The mature agave is gently removed, then steam cleaned, before it is steam cooked for 24 hours in autoclaves. After the agave juice is extracted, a Proprietary yeast is added and the must is fermented for 200 hours with music from Mozart, and music from the earlier Baroque period played to coax the conversion from sugar to alcohol. The tequila is then double distilled in stainless steel pot stills and filtered before it is rested and then bottled at 80 proof. Don Pilar Blanco features a picture of a younger unaged Don Pilar on the bottle, with their Anejo, and Extra Anejo tequila featuring older more aged photos of him. Read more
Review: Tres Generaciones Plata Tequila
Tres Generaciones Plata tequila was created in 1973 to honor three successive generations of tequila makers in the Sauza family. It is made with 100% Blue agave that was hand nurtured in the nursery at the Sauza ranch for the first year, and then planted in the field until they reach their perfect ripeness. The pinas are shredded before heating removing the harsh tasting plant fibers before cooking. Once the agave juice is extracted it is fermented in sealed tanks to avoid contamination. Tres Generaciones Plata is triple distilled and then bottled and labeled by hand at the same distillery where the Sauza family began in 1873. Read more
Review: Pura Vida Silver Tequila
Pura Vida Silver Tequila was launched in 2011. It is crafted with 100% blue agave, estate grown by the Vivanco family who have grown agave since 1923. Stewart Skloss worked with this family in developing the tequila. ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons soon joined the team. Pura Vida is triple distilled with pure water that has undergone a five stage water purification process before it is blended with the tequila. It is hand bottled at 80 proof. Pura Vida is currently part of an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign to raise funds to build their own distillery on 7 acres of land near Lake Chapala. Read more
Review: Hotel California Blanco Tequila
Hotel California Blanco Tequila was introduced in the US in 2010. No, this tequila was not named after the Eagles hit song, but rather a hotel in Todos Santos on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. This hotel was built in 1947 by Antonio Wong a Chinese immigrant. After years of neglect a Canadian couple John and Debbie Stewart bought the Hotel California and renovated it into an 11 suite Boutique Inn. The tequila is crafted in small batches with 8-10 year old Organic Weber Blue agaves. A strain of yeast straight from the agave plant is used in the fermentation process. The tequila is then double distilled. First in a traditional method and then in a cold filtration process where the temperature is reduced to -6C to remove all organic impurities. Read more
Review: IXA Silver Tequila
IXA Silver Tequila was introduced April 2011. It was created by the husband and wife team of Melkon Khosrovian, and Litty Mathew. This is the same team that brought us the Tru line of vodka and gin and Crusoe rum which are distilled at the Greenbar Craft Distillery in Los Angeles California. All of these products are 100% Certified organic. Each bottle of IXA Silver tequila takes 20 pounds of agave to make and 31 feet of land to grow. The agave is 100% organic blue agave. It is slow clay oven steamed and then fermented and distilled with agave fiber before bottling in lightweight bottles with recycled labels. For each bottle of IXA tequila sold The Greenbar Distillery will plant one tree. Read more
Review: Cuestion Tequila Blanco
Cuestion Tequila Blanco was introduced in the US in 2011. It is crafted with 100% Blue Weber agave that was grown for ten years. The pina is cut in half and roasted for 72 hours undergoing two rounds of great pressure and high temperature, softening the fibers and caramelizing the plants natural sugars. The pinas are then pressed and the juice is fermented before it is double distilled. Read more
Review: Amate Silver Tequila
Amate Silver tequila was introduced in 1997. It was created by Juan Carlos Jimenez Ahedo and Carlos Monsalve Agraz. Both personally taste and approve every batch. It is made with 100% Blue agave that is slow cooked in brick ovens. The pinas are shredded and rolled to extract the agave juice. After a natural aerobic fermentation the tequila is double distilled and bottled immediately after. Read more
Review: Maestro Dobel Silver Tequila
Maestro Dobel Silver tequila was introduced in 2013. It is the follow up to their very successful Diamond tequila that is aged in Hungarian white oak barrels and is a blend of 1 year old reposado, 2 year old anejo, and 3 year old extra anejo. It is named after its founder Juan Domingo Beckman Legoretta, an eleventh generation member of the Jose Cuervo family. It is crafted with 100% blue agave sourced from a single estate. Every step of the production process is done by hand including labeling and signing each bottle after hand filling. If the wooden cork top and embossed lettering on their glass bottle isn’t enough, this bottle came packed in a black guitar case. Read more
Review: Camarena Tequila Silver
Camarena Tequila Silver was launched in 2010. The Camarena family immigrated to Mexico from Spain in the early 1700’s, planted their first agave fields in 1860, and opened their tequila distillery Casa Casco Viejo in 1938. Camarena Tequila is imported by E&J Gallo and it is made with 100% pure blue agave grown in the Highlands of Jalisco Mexico. The pinas are slow roasted in traditional volcanic stone hornos for several days. After a slow fermentation, the tequila is double distilled in small alembic pot stills. Read more