Rider Loves the New Brands!

The Rider of Great Paleness got to sip some mighty tasty new tequilas over the long, sweltering summer. They helped cool my palette and mell...

Dia Nacionál de Tequila!

It's National Tequila Day once again. Seems like only yesterday it was...well. actually, it WAS only yesterday because in Pale Rider...

Los Blancos Mas Finos!

Blanco, Silver, Plata, Platinum, call it what you will, we're talking today about the un-aged and un-altered clear distillation of the b...

Toro Toro! One Smooth Bull!

Semental Tequila: Get a Bull in Your Glass! I recently read a great review of Semental Tequila on the web-site "For Tequila Lovers.com...

Pura Vida Añejo: How Sweet She Is!

Of course I want to like   PuraVida , with it's Texican Rock 'n' Roll mystique and my guitar-hero Billy Gibbons as its figurehe...

Drive...

Let's fly! A music buddy of mine once said to me, years ago, "Whiskey sedates you; tequila DRIVES you." I agree. I like whiske...

Checking in to Hotel California.

My new discovery! Found this at a weird little store that had virtually no tequila at all except for this one. They had all three expressio...

Tequila Don Diego Santa Añejo - rich and chocolaty!

From For Tequila Lovers.com Skinny bottle, fat taste! In 1943, the Santa family established a small tequila distillery in Guadalajara, Mexi...

Vida-Rita!

Livin' la Pura Vida!

Kudos for Corralejo!

Going back a few years, one of my first favorite "every day" tequilas was Corralejo reposado. I loved to mix margaritas with it...

Cocktail Hour! The Silverano, a summer sipper.

It's only April and it's already hot. I was planning to publish this recipe later, but why wait? First, gotta give credit where it...

Please Stand By....

Too busy to blog. While you wait, breathlessly no doubt, for my next pearls of blogdom, please enjoy Radio Pura Vida! http://www.rfcmedia.c...

Pura Vida Power Ballad - Big Tejano Tequila is Ready to Rock!

Pearly and Purely - The Reverend Willie G with a bottle of the "good life." Have Mercy! Anybody who knows me knows I love three th...

Coming Soon to a Rancho Review Near You...

Tequila PuraVida - Born in Mexico, Raised in Texas, and flavored with a touch of Rock 'n' Roll Pura Vida - invested in and endorsed...

Soup of The Day!

How about some agave salad with that?

Dia de Margarita!

Hi, I'm Ginger, but you can call me Rita! What do you know? Today is National Margarita Day ! Well, here on the Rancho it's always a...

Agave Newbie?

Best entry-level tequila for the rookie: Familia Camarena Reposado . It's real easy and smooth on the palette, with that Highland sweet...

2011 Tequila Trilogy Pt. 3, Añejo and Extra Añejo

DJ 70, Claro Que Sí! The hard part of committing to a three-part blog is that you actually have to write all three parts. And who has the ti...

Año de Agave, 2011 Tequila Highlights, Parte Dos

Part 2) Reposados: Interestingly, looking back on 2011, I did not explore much new territory in the world of reposado tequila. I enjoyed ple...