From Tequila Gringo:   We were pretty sceptical of this just because the bottle looked like a marketing gimick.(it is).  But we picked up one anyway as a gift for a friend because that marketing gimick works (it's awesome).  Two things happened.  One, the guy we gave it to absolutely LOVED it.  Two, it shocked the heck out of us when it turned out to be an ok tequila, we liken it to Cazadores Repo.  Pale yellow color and an agave smell.  Medium heat.  Agave notes.  WAY better than Cuervo.  Not on the best list, but who cares, it's a completely awesome gift.  Next time you're going to a party, taking a trip to Mexico, whatever - show up with a couple of these and you'll be talked about for the re

From TequilaGringo.com     Any tequila afficianado will tell you, for tequila to be Tequila, it has to be made in the Tequila region of Mexico.  In fact, that's actually written into the NAFTA agreement.  It's basically like the difference between Champagne and Sparkling Wine - to count it has to be from the right place.  This stuff is made from the agave plant, but it's made in the Temecula region of Southern California so it's an "Agave Spirit".  They actually had a fight over their original name, Temequila, which was deemed to be too similar to Tequila, and had to back off and call it JB Wagoner. 

From TequilaGringo.com     We were pretty excited to try this tequila after having enjoyed the anejo, but we found it to be just a step short of it's vaunted sibling.  It's a beautiful, pale, golden color.  Interestingly, we found smoke in the taste, something we haven't seen in too many repos.  The rest was agave, and that's not a bad thing at all, it just wasn't enough to make us crazy.  A solid choice, but you can find more interesting/complex tequlias.

From Tequila 7 Leguas:     8 months in white oak barrels have made Reposado 7 Leguas (7 Leages Mellow) the only one in its class.

From TequilaGringo.com     The nose on the tequila from this fantasticly designed bottle is very much agave.  On sipping it, we found the mouthfeel to be thin, and the finish to be hot but clean.  A solid tequila that you'll like, but may not be moved to fall in love with.

From TequilaGringo.com     Had this at a tasting at LA's El Carmen.  Any place that has Mexican Wrester masks is ok by us!  We thought this was a good tequila, but not a favorite.  The taste brought forward caramel, almost cloying at first.  Finishes smooth, but our take was that it was sort of a one note tequila.

TequilaGringo made it down to Old Town San Diego's El Agave restaurant recently, and we really enjoyed it!  Massive Tequila Collection, check.  Knowledgable waiter, check.  Good food, check.  Enough flights of tequila to put down a rhino, check.

Walking into the place was like no other restaurant I've ever seen.  There are bottles everywhere, of every type.  Even your non-tequila loving mother-in-law would enjoy looking around.  Here's a 30 second tour to give you a feel:

A Time Lapse Video of some Tequila Gringos drinking Tequila Ocho, the 2007 anejo.  Enjoy!

From TequilaGringo.com     This Double Gold Medal winner at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition has a light, golden straw color, just about right for a repo.  The nose had a strong agave scent, and maybe a little wood.  The taste follows up with a solid agave taste and some smoke and the finish was crisp and clean.  We found the mouth feel to be light and smooth.  Not a bad effort for this new tequila.

TequilaGringo.com Review:     Justin Timberlake has come out with a winner.  I must say, I was a little biased against this tequila from the start (unfairly so) just because I thought it didn't really seem "mexican" or authentic.  When the bottle came I started to change my perception.  It's a better design in person than in the pictures.  Then we poured a little into a tequila glass, and had a whiff.

TequilaGringo.com Review:     Tequila Tierras is a new tequila to the market that won a Gold medal at the 2009 S.F. World Spirits Competition, so we were pretty excited when their samples arrived in the mail.  The blanco does not dissapoint.  The nose brought in a very fresh, clean scent with notes of pepper and citrus.  The mouth feel was silky, something we like in our tequilas.  But the taste is what earned this tequila a spot on our best blanco list.  It had the very real tequila flavor we prefer, and had a mixture of both citrus and vanilla blended in, not something you often run across.  The finish was a good length and easy with a very light heat.

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We're becoming big fans of tequila Ocho.  After a good tasting of the anejo, we decided to give the repo a shot and were pretty darned happy with it.  On first smell, you'll pick up unmistakable citrus, and when you taste it you immediately find more citrus and some smoke.  The long finish is complex with notes of cinammon and maybe some choclate, and that's when we started to really like this tequila.  Pale gold in color, paler than most repos. Medium heat.

According to a story put out by the Associated Press, there's a new tequila set to come out in time for Cinco de Mayo and Passover.  Started by a New York business man, the production of the 99 proof kosher tequila is being certified by a rabbi and will retail for about $42 a bottle.  We also found an online retailer that was selling it and listed it as a reposado but do not have confirmation.  update: we found a picture of an anejo and a silver bottle, so perhaps they're offering all three types.  No word yet on the flavor, quality or nose.

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Agavero is a special liqueur, and a Tequilagringo favorite.  So naturally, we were thrilled when the bottle they sent for review arrived at our doorstep.

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We really enjoyed this blanco.  It smelled of strong citrus, and the taste followed that up with an easy low heat, complext with citrus and maybe a little nut.  Long delicious finish that we really liked a lot.

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This tequila is a pale yellow.  Smells of light citrus, honey, and generally sweet.  On tasting it, we picked up a trace of caramel and a generally "tequila" taste that we really like.  It's definitely a complex tequila with a long finish.  Not for the faint of heart though, as it has a medium to high heat.  Ocho claims that their single estate tequilas prove terroir exists in tequila.