Every year Tequila promises to hit the "big time", but never quite
does, even though production has risen dramatically, from 7.5m nine-litre cases
in 1989, to around 21m nine-litre cases in 1999. However, production levels
are being seriously compromised by an agave crisis, as a shortfall of forward
planting is intensified by the impact of two deadly infections.

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