Spend Saturday Night with Mike Morales & Tequila Penasco!
Join Tequila Aficionado for four courses of Texas BBQ, and Peñasco & Diva Tequilas this Saturday at Augie’s Alamo City BBQ Steakhouse, 909 Broadway St, San Antonio, TX
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Pepe Z: The Mad Man of Tequila
I’ve finally gotten around to binge watching Mad Men on Netflix. In case you haven’t joined the Streaming Generation, or lived without cable TV for awhile, Mad Men is a series set in the 1960’s about a fictional ad agency called Sterling Cooper based in New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. [Editor’s note: I still … Read more
Open Bar with Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance (TBNA)
Tonight, our guest is Quincy Barnes, organizer of the Texas Bar and Nightclub Alliance Convention. The Annual Convention for the Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance (TBNA) will be held on August 7-8, 2016 in Austin, TX, at Brazos Hall. TBNA is an alliance of Texas bar and nightclub owners protecting its members by providing a … Read more
Tequila Aficionado’s Tequila & Mezcal Road Show, Part 3
[From October 14 to October 28, 2015, Tequila Aficionado Media, accompanied by 33 expressions representing 19 brands, embarked on an epic RV road show christened, The Dia de los Muertos Tequila & Mezcal Tour. In these next passages, we recount the historic–and hysteric–highlights.] Church, Tacos, and Tequila With Roger Clyne Phoenix, Arizona One of the … Read more
Tequila Aficionado’s Tequila & Mezcal Road Show, Part 2
[From October 14 to October 28, 2015, Tequila Aficionado Media, accompanied by 33 expressions representing 19 brands, embarked on an epic RV road show christened, The Dia de los Muertos Tequila & Mezcal Tour. In these next passages, we recount the historic–and hysteric–highlights.] Inspired In Albuquerque With the help of Mezcal Legendario Domingo, Lisa and … Read more
Tequila Aficionado’s Tequila & Mezcal Road Show, Part I
[From October 14 to October 28, 2015, Tequila Aficionado Media, accompanied by 33 expressions representing 19 brands, embarked on an epic RV road show christened, The Dia de los Muertos Tequila & Mezcal Tour. In these next passages, we recount the historic–and hysteric–highlights. You can also view a complete video playlist of our adventures on … Read more
Corner Restaurant Fuels the Fire of Austin’s Craft Tequila Scene
[In mid-February 2016, at the suggestion of Andres Garcia, Regional Sales Manager of award winning Embajador tequila, Tequila Aficionado Media met with Brian Jaymont, General Manager of the Corner Restaurant, inside the JW Marriott in the heart of Austin, Texas. We were first exposed to the fine hospitality of the JW Marriott on our second visit to the Texas Nightclub … Read more
Arte del Mezcal Texas Tour with Wahaka Mezcal
On the evening of January 15, 2016, during the busy San Antonio Cocktail Conference weekend, Tequila Aficionado’s Mike Morales was invited to sit in on mezcal historian and author Ulises Torrentera’s Arte del Mezcal class and discussion. As a bonus, the event was sponsored by the luscious Wahaka Mezcal brand and moderated and translated by its … Read more
Thank GAD for Gracías A Dios Mezcal
[Long before the general public does, Tequila Aficionado Media often gets tipped off about new agave spirits brands that will be entering the market. One such tip was for Gracías A Dios (GAD) mezcal. We had no idea that we would bump into them during the San Antonio Cocktail Conference in mid- January, 2015. Of course, we … Read more
A Sotol By Any Other Name
[On a sweltering August afternoon, Tequila Aficionado Media was invited by Mike Groener, CEO and President of Genius Liquids to sip and savor the latest addition to their Desert Spirit line, Texas Sotol, at their distillery in Austin, TX .] Here Comes the Rain Again Ask anyone who has spent any significant amount of time living in … Read more