Update on the Milagro Select Barrel

Menage au Milagro Poured some Mil Repo SB in my flask 'till it was 2/3 full. Carried it around for a few hours before having a sip. Afte...

I Hate Don Julio Blanco With Every Fiber Of My Being!

So, there I was last night, playing a gig at a local watering hole and I looked behind the bar and my only tequila choices were: Cuervo Espe...

¿Milagro, Si o No?

I am muy bonita, no? Every freaking where I look all of a sudden, I see Milagro. Bars, restaurants, events, everywhere they're peddling ...

Partida Reposado: Smooth and Elegant

Lit From Within: Partida Reposado is a Brilliant Gold Color and Beautifully Bottled I got an unexpected check for $52.00 in the mail the oth...

Many Happy Tequilas!

Una Mas, Por Favor! Well, this past weekend could not have been more filled with good agave if I’d had dreamed it. First, on Friday we atte...

¿Quién es Más Blanco?

Blanco Bottle Battle Round Dos La Familia Don Valente Our previous winner, and my heretofore favorite blanco, Espolón, goes up against two f...

El Primero de Uno

T1 Tequila Uno to Launch This Month. A very pretty bottle in a tequila-world of pretty bottles A new ultra-premium 100% agave brand, T1 (Te...

Cazadores, The Hunter

Actually it's Los Cazadores , The Hunters, plural. This is a tequila that needs to be talked about, because even though it's a mino...

The Curse of Pale Rider!

Posada knew how I feel right now... I am truly cursed! Talk about a grown man crying! Well, some of you already have been following my valia...

100% Puro de Sangre

Friends Don't Let Friends Drink Friends: A Bottle of O-Positive. Serve Warm! My wife and I are fanatically addicted to the HBO series, ...

Patron: The Perfect Poser?

Shall we Patron-ize? (BTW: What's with the Bee? Is it saying, "Drink me for the buzz?") Patron Patron Patron....Love it? Hate ...

Red Rocker's Business Ventures in the BLACK!

New Cabo, Same Old Wabo? Gotta hand it to Sammy Hagar ; the notorious "Red Rocker" has certainly proved himself as a big-time mone...

¡Viva Ramirez! ¡Viva Sauza!

I want to give a shout-out and virtual high-five to Alex and Carlos at Ramirez Liquors in Los Angeles -- the vendor that sold me the afore-b...

Bad Cork!

El Corko Malo Very sadly, my long-awaited bottle of Fortaleza/Los Abuelos Blanco is a bottle of agave-gone-bad. Yes! I don't drink wine,...

La Fortalezaaaaaah....

Finally, after weeks of failed attempts to get a bottle of La Fortaleza (Blanco), a bottle arrived today. Also known as "Los Abuelos...

Viva El Presidente

Commander in-Cheapo My STANDARD Margarita is The Presidente . And, yes, I got the idea at Chili's restaurant many years ago. Then, on a...

Hat's Off to ChiliHead!

West Bridgewater BBQ Joint Smokes With Live Music and Good Tequila I first walked in to Chilihead BBQ within day's of the restaurant...

A Close Encounter With E.T.

Score! Normally $40 to $50 or more, I scored a bottle of El Tesoro Anejo at the New Hampshire State Store for $36.00 I haven't phoned up...

Behind The Cuervo Name: Tequila's Family Dynasty

Expensive Cuervo First, let me make it clear that I am not a Jose Cuervo hater. It is true that there was a time when I slammed anything wit...

'Rita of the Week: The 3D 'Rita

Made a tasty one last night. I used Corralejo Triple Distilado. In my recent reposado tasting I found that I didn't like this one as a s...

Riding The Blanco!

And the winner is... Anyone who knows me knows I love blancos (aka silver, platinum, crystal, etc...), those crystal-clear first squeezin...

The Ballad of El Grado...

New Ultra Premium Tequila Makes a Spirited Launch in to US Market Here comes another new Tequila for the well-tuned palette and well-heeled ...

Reposado Death-Match!

I originally posted this on my new favorite web-site, Tequila.net , a great source for tequila reviews and all things agave. Did my own repo...

The Partida Nectarita

!Muy refrescante! Una Tequila mas, por favor... OK! I may have just mixed up the perfect Margarita. And I have made some GOOD 'ritas bef...

The Tequila Revelation, New York, 1992

The First One Was Free! The Legendary Cattle-Car Bar at The Rodeo, NYC My agave quest began a relatively long time ago -- long before the mo...