A heady caramel smell, syrupy and fragrant, pervades the air. What look like giant white pine cones, some twice the size of a human head, are deftly split, quartered and packed into ovens. What’s cooking? One of the world’s most popular drinks.
Opposition to NOM 199 for Agave Distillates

How Spirits from Sinaloa Mexico ended up in Minnesota

Reven Stephens spent the Saturday before the Super Bowl at a Minneapolis liquor store, offering shoppers samples of a liquor they were unfamiliar with — from a distiller they’d never heard of.
Proposed Regulations in Mexico Threaten Artisanal Blue Agave Spirits.

New Proposed Regulations In Mexico Threaten Small Producers Of Artisanal Agave Spirits.
Much like how the farm-to-table movement in restaurants has placed the source of the food on your plate front and center, the Mexican agave artisanal spirits movement is highlighting each element that goes into a glass, from the cultivation of the plant and the methods for harvesting and cooking the piña to the distillation process and ultimate bottling. Long gone are the days of tequila or mezcal with its worms, relegated to shots and frozen margaritas.
Global Tequila Sales to Exceed 9 Billion Dollars.

Global Tequila Sales
According to the latest market research study released by Technavio, the global tequila market is expected to exceed USD 9 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of over 3% during the forecast period.
Los Osuna Sponsors Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez

Los Osuna, Blue Agave Spirits, Sponsors Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in the super middleweight championship boxing match against Gevorg Khatchikian.
Undefeated Mexican knockout artist and No. 1 world-rated super middleweight contender GILBERTO “Zurdo” RAMIREZ will risk his upcoming world title shot in a 10-round World Boxing Organization (WBO) International / North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super middleweight title defense against GEVORG KHATCHIKIAN, of the Netherlands, making his U.S. debut, Friday, Nov. 20, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Ramirez vs. Khatchikian will be televised live on The MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV®. The telecast will open with a 10-round junior lightweight rumble between once-beaten IVAN “Bam Bam” NAJERA of San Antonio and unbeaten SAÚL “Kid Dynamite” RODRÍGUEZ, of Riverside, California.
Ramirez (32-0, 24 KOs), a two-fisted super middleweight wrecking machine who hails from Mazatlan, Mexico, is the top world-rated contender in the WBO and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) rankings and is world-rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Association (WBA) and No. 3 by the World Boxing Council (WBC).
Khatchian (22-1, 10 KOs), 27, from Heerlen, Netherlands, has a fighting style that features strong boxing skills and excellent movement. Five of his last six victories have come by way of knockout. A strong amateur background, Khatchian produced a 99-11 record, which included a gold medal victory in the 2005 Dutch National Championships.
Rodriguez (18-0-1, 13 KOs), from Riverside, California, has gone the distance just twice in his last 10 fights, a testament to his one-punch knockout power and his ring name, “Kid Dynamite.”
Najera (16-1, 8 KOs), from San Antonio, Texas, is known for his crowd-pleasing aggressive style of fighting and good punching power.
Source: The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
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