VinePair

MAY 1, 2025

Over almost 10 years of tasting and recommending tequilas at VinePair, weve watched the category grow and evolve, ultimately becoming one of the best-selling and most popular spirits in the U.S. And tequila , specifically, is facing something of a reckoning: Are there too many celebrity brands?

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VinePair

JANUARY 18, 2024

At the center of it all is a Brooklyn raver go-to cocktail: tequila-spiked yerba mate. Unlike a Long Island Iced Tea , Tequila Mate does, in fact, contain tea. Valera Urena has worked at Good Room in Greenpoint for six years and says Tequila Mate is in the top five of most ordered drinks. “It Debuting in 2005, the 23.5-ounce

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Cheers

JANUARY 3, 2024

The expansive and well-curated selection of spirits includes high-end and imported mezcals, tequilas, piscos, gins and rum. The bottle service is an experience resembling that of a sommelier, with tableside preparation of assorted seasonal fruits, agua frescas and house-made pairing salts.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And while consumer interest in whiskey and tequila has eclipsed much of its activity, that doesn’t mean there aren’t interesting things happening in craft vodka or distillers who see opportunity in the clear spirit. The article Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment? But vodka is still the best-selling spirit in the United States.

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VinePair

APRIL 4, 2024

By 2024, the bottle service boom has long fizzled and culture has taken a different stance on purchasing bottles at the club, particularly in New York City. The Rise and Fall Bottle service is a relatively young concept. Since he started in 2011, he’s experienced firsthand the bottle service slowdown.

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