Tequila

How pubs can change perceptions about Tequila

29-Feb-2024 By Diego Osorio, Lobos 1707 founder

As the popularity of Tequila continues to soar, pub and bar owners across the UK are presented with a unique opportunity to tap into the growing trend by pairing the spirit with food or hosting educational events to help change perceptions around the...

Recipes to celebrate International Margarita Day

22-Feb-2024 By Rebecca Weller

Celebrated on the 22 February every year, people around the world raise their Margarita glasses to toast the classic Tequila-based cocktail for International Margarita Day.

DRINKS MASTERCLASS

How to make a 1800 Tequila Paloma cocktail

01-Jun-2023 By Rebecca Weller

This week’s Drinks Masterclass features a Paloma cocktail from Tequila brand 1800 Silver.

INTERVIEW

Simplicity, openness and education key to enhance Tequila offering

10-May-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Simple serves, flexibility and education are key for licensees looking to improve their agave offering as consumers become more open-minded towards Tequila and Mezcal.

DRINKS MASTERCLASS

How to make a Mango Margarita

25-Apr-2023 By Rebecca Weller

In this week’s Drinks Masterclass, Present Company general manager Carey Hanlon explains how to make the venues Mango Margarita cocktail (18.7% ABV).

Margarita named UK's most popular cocktail

17-Apr-2023 By Rebecca Weller

The Margarita has been crowned the UK’s favourite cocktail, data from event management company MGN events has revealed.

Drinks list 2023

Jose Cuervo is UK’s top selling Tequila

30-Nov-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

There has been little change in the top Tequilas sold in the on-trade in the past year compared to the previous 12 months.

Tequila and vodka sales soar while whisky and gin decline

16-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The spirit’s category has seen an increase in consumer interest in recent months with cocktails rising in popularity, but some drinks have outperformed others.

Tequila sales increase by 106%

18-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Sales of Tequila in the on-trade have increased by 106% in the past year with total value sales for the year rising from £68.12m to £140.6m, according to CGA data.

Drink Tank

How can rum and tequila replicate gin’s ‘phenomenal’ growth?

28-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

The ability of rum and tequila to replicate the roaring success of the gin category will hinge on the strength of its ‘spirit and mixer’ offer, according to CGA’s Phil Montgomery.

Pop star Nick Jonas to launch Tequila in UK

27-Sep-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

American pop rock band member Nick Jonas has released a Tequila, alongside friend John Varvatos and spirits producer Stoli Group.

Shots to sips: the evolution of Tequila

21-Jul-2017 By Emma Eversham

A far more subtle and sophisticated spirit than it’s often given credit for, there are many other ways to enjoy Tequila than slamming it back with salt and a wedge of lime. Emma Eversham reports.

Drink Deconstructed

Make the perfect El Diablo

08-Aug-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

The English translation of El Diablo means Devil, but this tequila-based cocktail is an angel to make and is a refreshing quencher in the summer.

Tequila

Pernod Ricard adds new Altos Tequila

17-May-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Pernod Ricard UK has “completed” its Olmeca Altos Tequila portfolio with the introduction of its Añejo blue agave Tequila.

Olmeca Tequila to launch in UK

17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney

Olmeca Tequila is to launch its new premium 100% blue agave tequila Olmeca Altos into the UK. The drink, which is a combination between Mexican...

Sauza and Funkin team up to push tequila cocktails

30-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney

Maxxium UK's Sauza tequila brand has teamed up with fruit purée provider Funkin to raise the profile of tequila as a mixable spirit. Selected...

Maxxium launches new premium tequilas

24-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney

Maxxium UK has launched a new super premium range of tequilas from Sauza. Tres Generaciones is a range of three triple distilled, 100% agave...

Beam global launches premium tequila range

02-Jun-2008

Beam Global UK has launched a range of 100 per cent agave tequilas, a growing premium sub-sector, with the agave content denoting the quality of the...

Mixability: Mixing the Mexican

13-Nov-2007

"The problem with tequila is, if you go out on the street and ask 100 people what they think of tequila, 99 will say 'no way, I remember that from...

Q&A: Talking tequila

09-May-2007

What role does tequila play in the spirits market?It's a big category in its own right. There are a lot more tequilas than people think, and it's a...

Out of the slammer

15-Mar-2007

Nigel Huddleston discovers that tequila's appeal lies in its versatility It may not be the biggest category in the spirits market, but tequila is...

Slambusters

20-Apr-2004

'Tequila' is invariably followed by 'slammer' in most people's minds. But for the drink to have a future in a market where 'responsible' is the...

Cuervo to liven up tequila sector with new launch

02-Apr-2004

Jose Cuervo has launched a new white tequila in an effort to promote the category.Clásico tequila has been released to try to fill the gap that was...

Tequila's Mex appeal

23-Sep-2003

There's far more to Mexico's most famous export than simply salt, lemon and slamming. Ben McFarland dons his sombrero and 'tastes' some tequila.While...

Tequila producers out to raise profile of spirit

19-Nov-2002

Mexico's tequila producers have embarked on a generic crusade to raise the spirit's profile in the UK.The Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT) has...

The worm has turned for Mexican vodka Villa Lobas

22-Oct-2002

A new Mexican vodka containing a worm has been officially launched by specialist spirit importer and distributor, Wine and Spirit International...

Basic bar translations

14-Feb-2002

Decipher those drunken statements and the REAL meanings behind them with our oh-so-scientific bar-speak translator...This was taken from a piece...

Tequila faces an uphill struggle despite its popularity

30-Oct-2000

Tequila sales have soared over the last decade but a shortage of the agave plant means the spirit faces an uphill struggle Few spirits in the UK have...