Focus - Tequila's coming of age
The burgeoning market for ultra-premium offerings, particularly in the US, has provided the Tequila category with high-value growth, allowing it to move on from its ‘shooter and slammer’ image of old. Richard Woodard reports on the growth in sipping Tequilas, the debate over the Mexican spirit’s classification system, and the implications of the current over-supply of Tequila’s basic constituent ingredient, blue agave.
Focus - From slamming to sipping: How Tequila is growing up
17 July 2008
The burgeoning market for ultra-premium offerings, particularly in the US, has provided the Tequila category with high-value growth, allowing it to move on from its ‘shooter and slammer’ image of old. Richard Woodard reports on the growth in sipping Tequilas, the debate over the Mexican spirit’s classification system, and the implications of the current over-supply of Tequila’s basic constituent ingredient, blue agave.
US: Mejor Tequila launches “luxury” Tequila line
29 April 2008
The Mejor Tequila Company has lined up the launch of a “luxury” line of premium Tequilas in the US.
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8 May 2007
Gruppo Campari has made a “strategic addition” to its portfolio.
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