A place of respite and music at the Jose Cuervo family estate in Tequila.
As part of our meetings in Guadalajara, the food was first rate. And the settings for two of the meals was also a travel experience to remember.
The first, in Tlaquepaque, was a dinner with the mayor and his wife, a chance to spend time up close with a mariachi band and shopping along the historic streets. The second, preceded by a bus ride of some magnitude, hosted by Senorita Tequila International, was in the small town of Tequila. The town, for the most part, is untouched and continues the way of most small towns in Jalisco; but it is also dominated by tequila production, with the most famous being Jose Cuervo (but not the best, according to several Mexican delegates). Reminds me, in an odd way, of our own small town in Tennessee, namely Lynchburg and its dominant industry, Jack Daniels Distillery.
While Lynchburg boasts Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House, a family style restaurant, it has nothing on the Jose Cuervo homestead, which offered a fabulous meal, a fashion show and lots of time to talk and eat. Then a tour of the distillery, culminating in a viewing of the family casks in the “dungeon” area. Just don’t touch, as one of our tour found out!
