Drinks Atlas: Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico

Imbibe Magazine | 08.04.2026 22:14
The names of some places so immediately suggest joy, they beg to be followed by exclamation points. Long before there was a spirit known as tequila, there was Tequila—a small town in Jalisco first established in 1530. Situated in a valley near the Volcán de Tequila and surrounded by fields of agave, Tequila was for centuries like many other towns in Mexico—agriculturally rooted, and with its own locally made mezcal.