As with mezcal, raicilla’s purity makes it smooth and fruitified to the nth degree — Aycya uses the Agave maximiliana species — while tequila can be a mixto, containing up to 49% non-agave ...

Ted Genoways, author of Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico, spoke to Morning Edition about his new book tracing the turbulent history of Mexico's oldest ...

On Thursday, orange liqueur brand Cointreau unveiled the "Any Tequila" campaign, centered around a 30-second clip of Plaza exploring the agave fields of Mexico.

Surveillance footage shows the moment of an explosion at a Jose Cuervo factory in Tequila, Mexico.

An explosion and fire at a factory that makes Jose Cuervo tequila in Mexico killed at least five people Tuesday, local authorities said.

Journalist and author Ted Genoways follows the violent, unpredictable and hugely profitable world of tequila through the story of its most successful maker, Jose Cuervo, in his book "Tequila Wars." ...

Tequila manufacturers in Mexico are anxiously waiting on a resolution to President Donald Trump's threat of a 25% tariff on Mexican products brought into the United States.

Mr. Sancho Pancho is where passion, tradition, and a touch of adventure converge to create the finest, most artisanal tequila on the market. The spirit of Mexico, the land where their tequila is ...

Rescue teams on Wednesday found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six. The factory belongs to the Jose Cuervo company ...

Mexico is sitting on more than half a billion litres of tequila in inventory, almost as much as its annual production, as the fast-growing industry reckons with slowing demand and the prospect of ...

An explosion at a Jose Cuervo tequila plant in central Mexico killed at least five company workers and forced the evacuation of tourists from the area in the spirit's hometown of Tequila, the head ...