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PATCH ABROAD: Learning About Tequila and the Blue Agave Plant

Patch columnist Leigh Barnes heads to Mexico, returns with a fresh perspective.

I don't drink tequila, but I will gladly soak up all of the information I can on the interesting plant used to make it.  One of the day trips offered during my stay in Mexico last week was a visit to an old-fashioned tequila manufacturing plant. Our little group did not go on the trip, but those who did said it was fascinating and the building itself, very old and very beautiful. My interest was piqued. By chance on the flight back to the U.S., my seatmate was Mark Littles, president of Capital Wine and Spirits, the largest broker/wholesaler in Pennsylvania. Explaining that I wanted to write an article for Patch about the agave plant and tequila, he told me that his company represents one of the finest brands of tequila, Herradura. I was …