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Our Favorite Easy Mezcal Cocktails

PUNCH

In 2021, U.S. In 2021, U.S. Some recipes, like Employees Only’s Mezcal Margarita , simply swap the spirit in for tequila, while others, like the Fumata Bianca , build something entirely new, calling on the ingredient to lend its signature profile between layers of flavor.

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The 10 Most Popular Tequila Brands in the World for 2025

VinePair

For the past decade, tequila has been on an absolute tear in the United States. While tequila is still growing in the U.S. — In 2023, tequila and mezcal grew by 5.7 million cases of tequila and mezcal were sold in the U.S., million cases of tequila and mezcal were sold in the U.S., percent to hit $6.5

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Review: Inspiro Tequila Luna Blanco and Rosa Reposado (2025)

Drinkhacker

Mara Smith, a former Chicago attorney, launched the Inspiro Tequila brand in 2021. As a lover of tequila, Smith felt it was difficult to know which tequilas on liquor store shelves were truly additive-free, which is a growing concern amongst tequila consumers and which continues to draw controversy.

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Book Review: The Tequila Ambassador Version Originale

Drinkhacker

Whiskey and brandy have held international acclaim for eons, but could tequila be the next craze? The popularity and credibility of tequila as a premium spirit has been on the rise, thanks in large part to Tomas Estes. Estes passed in 2021 but served as the champion that tequila required. Who created it?

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Next Wave Awards Spirits Brand of the Year: Tequila Ocho

VinePair

Tequila Ocho doesn’t have a celebrity tie-in. The brand spends its energy organically highlighting the land surrounding the facility in the Jalisco highlands — an approach to agave that separates the 16-year-old distillery from the rest of the tequila crowd. It’s a very unusual tequila. It’s really created as a passion project.”

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Tequila Trends in 2024

Cheers

Tequila has been an industry darling in recent time. This other trendy category exploded in popularity years before tequila’s rapid rise. After the combined tequila and mezcal category grew 17% in 2022, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., Tequila sales are up 20%. One possible answer: Look at whiskey.

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Denisse Soto’s Latin American Cocktail Program at Chicago’s Cariño

Chilled Magazine

She has developed cocktail menus for Osito’s Tap, Tacos Lotería, and Crepas Culichi in Oak Park, IL, and collaborated with brands like Espolòn Tequila and Topo Chico Hard Seltzers. In June 2021, she founded Denise Soto With Flair LLC and launched La Chingona Miks, a line of drink mixers.

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