Vallarta Tequila Tastings

17/08/2026

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01/08/2026

Thoughtfully written article and very well researched

To help you identify the best tequila, we tasted 24 bottles of unaged (blanco) tequilas that would be good for both sipping and mixing. Use this list as a starting point for your own agave adventures. https://nyti.ms/4vXeC5j

25/07/2026

UPDATE!!!! PASSED MY LEVEL 1 WSET with flying colors!
I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to take the level one WSET education course. I have a lot of knowledge about tequila but I loved learning so much about other spirits. As usual this community is a beautiful one and it was a pleasure meeting you all!
Gracias
El Tequileño

24/07/2026

15 years ago was our first visit to this distillery. It was lovely to be back! The Imperial extra añejo is still one of my favorites! How beautiful is the blue ceramic bottle? Thank you to Michelle our incredible guide, Sergio from Don Fulano Tequila and Gina from El Tequileño Tequila for arranging this visit!

19/07/2026

Staying in a villa? No problem! We can come to you!

13/07/2026

For our finale on the 6 course Spirits of 🇲🇽 Mexico Tasting we feature a grilled 🍍 pineapple with candied pumpkin seeds topped with triangles of Queso Mennonita! 😋 It’s a combo of sweet , salty crunchy yumminess paired perfectly with a Sotol from Chihuahua. Here is an elaborated version of the story we share regarding the history of the cheese. 🧀

🇲🇽 THE DAY 6,000 CANADIANS GAVE UP EVERYTHING TO BECOME MEXICAN 🇨🇦➡️🇲🇽

Blonde hair. German dialect. Horse-drawn buggies. And they've been proudly calling Chihuahua home for over 100 YEARS. 🌾

This is the story of the Mennonites of Mexico — and it's more Mexican than you think.

📜 THE ESCAPE: In the 1920s, Canada broke its 1874 promise and began forcing Mennonite children into public English-only schools — while wartime registration made this pacifist people fear their military exemption would be next. For communities that had already fled persecution across Europe and Russia, it was the final betrayal.

🤝 MEXICO OPENED ITS DOORS: In 1921, Mennonite delegates met President Álvaro Obregón, who signed the famous "Privilegium" — a promise of religious freedom, exemption from military service, control of their own schools, and land in Chihuahua.

🚂 On March 1, 1922, the first train left Plum Coulee, Manitoba. By 1927, around 6,000 Mennonites had traded the Canadian prairies for Mexican soil — most settling roughly 230,000 acres of the Bustillos Valley near what is today Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, others founding a colony near Nuevo Ideal, Durango.

🧀 AND HERE'S THE PART NOBODY TELLS YOU: That queso Chihuahua melting on your quesadilla right now? Its real name is QUESO MENONITA. The cheese that conquered every Mexican kitchen was born in these colonies. 🔥

🇲🇽 WHEN MEXICO PROTECTED THEM: In the 1930s, bandits attacked the colonies. President Lázaro Cárdenas responded in 1936 by restoring their privileges and sending police protection. The Mennonites made their choice: Mexico was home. Forever.

🌵 TODAY: Around 74,000 Mennonites live in Mexico (2022 census) — about 50,000 of them around Cuauhtémoc, with colonies in Campeche, Durango, Zacatecas and beyond. They still speak Plautdietsch, still farm apples and wheat in the desert, and every harvest season they work side by side with their Tarahumara neighbors from the Sierra.

Three languages. Two continents. One flag. 🇲🇽

They came looking for freedom — and Mexico gave it to them when they needed it most.

Their story IS our story. VIVA MÉXICO! 🇲🇽🌾🧀

👇 Did you know queso Chihuahua was created by Mennonites? Tell us in the comments!

10/07/2026

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08/07/2026

Josh was happy to take home one of the last remaining hand blown glass bottles of Arette Gran Veijo. Made in the shape of a penca, this extra añejo mixto was made over 10 years ago in honor of their grandfather Eduardo Orendain. It was aged 5 years in a barrel, rested in steel vats for 20 years. Incredibly special and so delicious! Salud Josh, thanks for the review and thanks for coming!

07/07/2026

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