In the Beginning, There Was Only Audio On October 27, 2017, Tequila Aficionado Media celebrated its 18th anniversary with an invitation-only VIP tasting at the site of the very first Sipping Off The Cuff© podcast— The iconic El Cholo Cafe in Pasadena, California. As the crowning jewel of 2017’s Wild Wild West Tour, El Cholo … Read more
Take Your Tequila (Podcast) With You Just as you realize we aren’t sitting around all day drinking tequila (no, really, we aren’t), we realize you’re on the go too and that means you want to take your Tequila Aficionado Media with you. That’s why we’re bringing back the podcast! We’ve been knocking ourselves out over … Read more
From the Santo Diablo Mezcal Website: Endlessly Intriguing. Purely Sensuous. Unequivocally the world’s best and arguably the only Mezcal that your lips will ever crave again. Santo Diablo is heating up L.A.’s trendiest nightclubs and bars this July and then, taking the U.S. by storm this Fall, one sip at a time. Join the revolution. What will Santo … Read more
Mike & Alex taste and discuss Alicantes #Tequila Blanco @Alicantes_Teq Click To Tweet From the Alicantes website: ENGLISH VERSION Tequila is one of the oldest beverages in Mexico and the world, contrary to what people think, there are clues that our ancestors knew about distillation and were used a pair of pots for … Read more
Join Mike & Lisa on Open Bar with Nocaut Reserva Tequila – a former champion that has come out of retirement for a comeback! Don’t be fooled by imitators! This is the original Nocaut Tequila from NOM 1459. If you see a Nocaut from NOM 1499, RUN FROM IT! Click To Tweet Find Nocaut … Read more
Join us this evening as Mike Morales and Lisa Pietsch talk with the founders of Senor Rio Tequila about their tequila and other products they’re bringing to market from the Senor Rio family. Jonathan Gach and Debbie Medina, co-founders of Jalisco International Imports, Inc., met in business and they first built a friendship which turned … Read more
Open Bar #6 During Tequila Aficionado’s Open Bar #6, Mike Morales and Lisa Pietsch talk to Andres Garcia of Embajador Tequila about his recent visit to the USA Trade Tasting in New York City, his Level 3 Catador class with Ana Maria Romero Mena, and how he is expanding his brand’s market footprint. Visit Embajador Online … Read more
Join us for Open Bar #6 with Embajador Tequila on Monday! Monday evening at 7pm Central, Andres Garcia will be joining Mike Morales and Lisa Pietsch for a chat about Embajador Tequila. Andres has been hard at work at some recent big shows, just returned from a visit to Mexico to take the famed class from … Read more
In our 5th Open Bar show, Mike Morales and Lisa Pietsch talk with Bradley Large of Del Bravo Imports. Some of the topics include the Route 66, Diva, Penasco, and Del Bravo Tequilas as well as how Del Bravo separates their brands from the rest. Del Bravo Tequila: Del Bravo on Facebook Open Bar with … Read more
Milagro Tequila Anejo Milagro Añejo is an estate-grown, 100% blue agave tequila which is aged in American oak barrels for a minimum of 14 months and a maximum of 24 months. The aging results in a taste that is smooth, refined and still agave-forward. COLOR Pale amber NOSE Caramel, coconut, toasted oak TASTE Caramel and … Read more