Many associate tequila with lime wedges, salt and parties. But the popular drink also has a negative impact on biodiversity, both on the blue agave from which it is made and, perhaps more unexpectedly ...

A decade ago, the tequila industry was pummelled by plant diseases. Rex Dalton meets the scientists working to keep the blue agave diverse enough to survive. For centuries, artisans working in the ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

A little patch of Mexico in the ground near Atherton, in Far North Queensland, is about to get much bigger. Blue agave — which is the base ingredient for tequila — is currently grown on a commercial ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kim Fuller, Special to The Denver Post TEQUILA, MEXICO — Despite the liquor’s rowdy reputation, the town of Tequila’s central square was quaint, and quiet ...

Update: Blue Agave opens its doors today on East 4th Street. Read all about Alex Martinez’s new restaurant in the former Zocalo space below. (Original story 4/14/22): Since taking over the former ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tequila’s main ingredient, the Blue Weber agave plant (or Agave tequilana, its scientific name), is a hardy ...