http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/12/26/tequila-with-a-long-history-herradura-silver/ Luxury travel news and reviews for Mexico, Central America, and South America. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/12/26/tequila-with-a-long-history-herradura-silver/#comment-336441 Timothy Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:30:46 +0000 http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2677#comment-336441 The high-end brands come from the best blue agave batches, go in the most expensive barrels, are aged longer in a separate part of the warehouse---sometimes in a separate building altogether. Those three brands are all good, but I'd avoid the mixto brands from ANY tequila maker. It's the worst batches in the worst barrels and mixed with sugar water or worse. That goes for Jose Cuervo Gold too---awful stuff. The high-end brands come from the best blue agave batches, go in the most expensive barrels, are aged longer in a separate part of the warehouse—sometimes in a separate building altogether. Those three brands are all good, but I’d avoid the mixto brands from ANY tequila maker. It’s the worst batches in the worst barrels and mixed with sugar water or worse. That goes for Jose Cuervo Gold too—awful stuff.

]]> http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/12/26/tequila-with-a-long-history-herradura-silver/#comment-330539 Mario Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:33:42 +0000 http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2677#comment-330539 I had no idea that Jimador, Herradura, and Don Eduardo were from the same company. I thought they were different distilleries. And nasty Pepe Lopez? How do they divide it up in the factory? Or is it just the same stuff going in different bottles? I had no idea that Jimador, Herradura, and Don Eduardo were from the same company. I thought they were different distilleries. And nasty Pepe Lopez? How do they divide it up in the factory? Or is it just the same stuff going in different bottles?

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