Blogs from Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, North America
January 17th 2012
We spent today at the Casa Herradura enjoying a tour and tequila tasting. After a good nights sleep we headed over to the nearby town of Tequila. Of course, we had to stop on the way at a taco stand for a quick taco fix. The tour was very nice. We were the only ones on the tour and our guide Saul spoke very good english. We toured the entire factory and learned the process of how tequila is made. We saw how the blue aqave is baked in the large ovens and even tasted some of the baked aqave. It tasted like a sweet potato. The tour explained the fermintation process, dilstillation and the difference between the different types of tequila. The tour lasted well over 3 hours. At the end, we tasted several different ... read more
February 13th 2010
When heading to Mexico, my sister had told us about a little place called Tequila where tequila originated. We couldn't believe this and immediately thought "We need to go there!!" So here we are...we realized that in Guadalajara there is one of two remaining train lines that still function for people and it goes to Tequila, Jalisco. AMAZING! The price of the train to Tequila was 75$, but well worth every penny!! You arrive at the train station around 9:30 a.m. and enjoy music by the Tequila Express Mariachi band. Then at 10 a.m. you board the Tequila Express train and ride throughout the agave fields all the while enjoying as much tequila, mixed drinks and beer that you can muster. The train ride lasts about 2 hours and in that time you enjoy music from ... read more
March 16th 2009
Not only is Tequila a well known drink, it is a small city in Jalisco, México, and yes, the birthplace of the drink. This morning, I walked (ran when it was getting late) a few miles looking for the corner to catch a bus to tour some tequila distilleries and to see the town of Tequila. After having to ask for directions (it turned out the that there had a lot of construction going on so the streets had been closed off nearby), I made it just in time and got the last seat. Think of it as little like a day tour in Napa Valley, only you're in México. There is a famous tequila train tour that leaves from Guadalajara too, but I took a bus tour - it is much less expensive ($260 pesos ... read more
June 23rd 2008
Well, the day to Tequila seems to be a bit of a blur now not because of the tequila so much but because we´re actually in Tulum as I write and it´s been almost a week since Tequila... So, after the Mexicana online booking debacle we headed off to Tequila at around 1.30 on the Tequila bus. (And no, it´s not some boozy, tequila swilling bus ideal for partying it´s just the name of the bus company). A lot later than we had anticipated that morning and a lot tenser. I think both of us felt the reprieve of having a near empty bus to collect our thoughts and patience in. So, when we finally arrived in Tequila I for one was ready to visit a distillery. Only thing was that by the time we got ... read more
January 31st 2008
We flew through the night from Los Angeles to Guadalajara. It was extremely cheap to upgrade to first class so we did so, it was so nice. It spoils you for when you eventually have to fly again in economy. Lupe's brother and father picked us up at the airport. There was actually a Starbucks in the airport, a nice surprise. We jumped in the truck and headed to Tequila. It was so cool, and yes, full of tequila. It was rough trying to enjoy everything, while trying to stay awake. Then drinking tequila at a factory, does not help. Every store you go to, they are willing to give you samples of tequila, aka shots for free. ... read more
January 24th 2008
Back to Rio Caliente In January 2008, I once again flew to Mexico for a restful week of hiking, yoga, good food and wonderful conversation at the Rio Caliente Spa in the mountains above Guadalajara. But something was very different this year. This time Cindy was with me. It was our honeymoon. I admit to a bit of trepidation taking my beloved to my favorite place in the world. But as a newlywed of two days it was more wonderful than ever before -- the perfect place for solitude, companionship, long walks and talks, warming by the fire in our room in the evening and again before an early morning hike. It was the perfect honeymoon. I mention Tequila because that is the nearest place listed to Rio Caliente which is near the town of Prima ... read more
Tequila flowing down the streets of Tequila
Published: August 3rd 2008North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Tequila
January 21st 2008
We arrived in Guadalajara at 12 noon. Big city and very smoggy. Pieter had the idea of moving on to Tequila so we did. We found the Tequila Plus service at the Antigua Central Bus Terminal and off we went. It took close on an hour just to get out of the city again and 2 hours to get to Tequila. Towards the end of the trip we started to see lots of the pretty pale blue agave plants used to make tequila. The town of Tequila was quite tiny and we only had to walk a couple of blocks from the bus stop to find a hotel. The Hotel Posada del Agave was beautiful painted in green with the agave motif appearing on the bathroom tiles. We got a comfortable quiet back room for P$300 ... read more
September 8th 2007
Our travels took us to Tequila, Jalisco. Yes, there is actually a place called Tequila and we spent an entire day there!!!On the way to Tequila your mouth starts to water as you pass the blue fields of the agave plant, the cactus-like plant from which tequila is distilled. Less than one hour later, we had arrived and to our surprise the finality of one of the most popular telenovela's was being taped that day. Distilando Amor, the telenovela, in Mexico can be equated to Grey's Anatomy or in the past, Friends. Our morning started off a bit slower than we had planned because we spent time watching the taping of the wedding for the final episode along with the rest of the town of Tequila. We just watched the final show of Distilando Amor on ... read more
February 20th 2007
Tequila, un pueblo realmente pintoresco, donde se elabora la mayor parte de la bebida que lleva su nombre.... read more
December 24th 2006
yesterday I met two girls, wendy and ling, and they had already planned to go to the town of tequila, where i had wanted to go sometime or another, so i told them i´d join in. at first we were going to go it alone, take the bus there and then just wander and find a tour. after the hostel staff gave us looks like ´´really are you kidding )no question marks on this keyboard that i can see.... we decided to go on the alberto tour. alberto works at the hostel and gives tours, including transportation, tour, and lunch for 25usd. by this time the group included a japanese guy named akira who speaks hardly any english or spanish, ling from hong kong whose english is good but spanish not so much, wendy who is ... read more
