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Jan 1, 1532
town of teuila
town of teuila was found at the time it was populated by a tribe indians the land of hard labor -
vino de Mezcal
the spanish creoles started to cook and distill the blue agave plant witch at the time it was called (vino de Mezcal) -
Mezcal wine.
Mezcal wine. This becomes the generic name for all distillates of the Mezcal plants.many small taverns appear competing to sell their own creation of Mezcal wine. The taxes are used used to build the city of Guadalajara: The second largest city in Mexico. -
haters
King Charles III orders a prohibition on the production and consumption of Mezcal wine due to Spain the fact that not enough taxes are being collected and due to the dramatic drop in sales of Brandy & Wine from Spain. This prohibition lasts ten years -
lovers
King Charles IV grants large tracks of land and the first rights to commercially Tequila produce Mezcal wine to Jose Guadalupe Cuervo, son of Jose Antonio -
the plant
these were the most prolific years for the technology of Mezcal wine/Tequila -
civil war makes mexico money
Civil war in the US causes a shortage of Whisky and moonshine. Mexican vendors sell Mezcal wine to the soldiers across the Rio Grande. At the same time these vendors pick up discardedWhiskey barrels and use them to store their Mezcal wine. This begins a future trend in aging -
the name tequila
Mezcal wine from Tequila, Jalisco is now officially called "Tequila" to distinguish itself from the Mezcal wines (Mezcal) produced in the South of Mexico. The first legal exports of Tequila to the US are sent through New Mexico and El Paso, TX
