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Current
Headlines
Mexicans, wary of past, brace for government change
The six-year "sexenio'' curse
Tequila Fair Begins Next Week
Mexico's 24th National Tequila Fair
Casa Cuervo Places 1.1 Billion Pesos In Corporate Debt
Restructuring debts
Agave Monopoly Investigation Results Slated For December Release
Allegations of monopoly still in question
Bacardi Empty-Handed In Tequila Acquisition Hunt
Looking for Tequila
Chamber Advocates Lower Taxes On Alcoholic Beverages
Lower taxes on Tequila wanted
Agave Growers Skeptical Of New Commodities Exchange
Growers wait to see performance
Allied Domecq Profits Up, Mum On Seagram
Reported pre-tax profits on Sauza among others
Seagram Has Three Strong Bidders For Spirits Business
The spirits business is expected to fetch around $7 billion
Vin&sprit Has No Comment On Bacardi Alliance Report
May be joining Bacardi in a bid for Seagram's spirits business
Messier sees Seagram spirits sale before year-end
Fierce round of bidding for the drinks business
Agave Growers Form National Union
Close to 2,600 individual members
unite
International cops
deployed on the frontlines of the tequila beat
Police force to patrol fields where tequila's key ingredient is grown
Is the tequila bottled in the US real tequila?
Checking the tequila bottling process in the US
Upscale labels driving vodka, tequila growth
Higher dollar growth than beer for the third consecutive year
Agave Shortage Leads To Tequila Shutdowns, Fines
30 percent of Mexico's tequila producers to shut down operations
Case Noble Tequilas Dominate First U.S. Spirits Competition
Winning Double Gold, Gold and Silver Awards
Casa Noble received a total of three medals, more than any other competitor
Tequila Production Down 3.6 Percent
January-August period was down
Tequila fields under heavy guard
Agave plant attractive to thieves
Tequila crisis
Mexico's beloved national drink endangered?
Mexico To Celebrate, Toast Openly
Officials
remove the ban on alcoholic beverages
Agave Price Climbs Again
The price of tequila's main input is still rising
Tequila Producers Turn To Genetically Modified Agave
100,000 genetically modified agave plants to tequila
Tequila
at auction
1500 crates of tequila on the auction block
Mexico
City Suspends 70-Year-Old Dry Law
Nation's capital will be able to freely enjoy alcoholic beverages on civic holidays
Michoacan Could Become Mexico's Main
Agave-Growing State
Agave cultivation
increased from 20 hectares to 46.26 hectares
Diageo Cheered Up by Drive to Drink
Company
decision to focus on alcoholic drinks
Tequila Industry Soldiers On Despite Price Hikes
70-percent rise in domestic prices
Experts Warn International Business Of Pitfalls in Chinese Spirits Market Despite WTO Hope
Hope for fashionable white spirits
Las Trancas Tequila Takes Gold Medal
Tequila maker
recognized at London Competition
Tequila Industry Prepares To Go Up Market
The Margarita's days are numbered
Banrural To Back Agave Planting
Preferential- rate loans to agave growers
for next year's planting
Groupe Pernod Ricard and Diageo to Co-bid for Seagram Wines & Spirits
Pernod Ricard is the No.1 wines and spirits company in the Euro zone
Tequila Herradura Not For Sale, Chairman Says
Tequila Herradura will not be sold off
Agave in Vitro
From
the laboratory to the fields
Tequila sales drop 20%
The
industry recognizes consequences of shortage speculation
Tequila Crisis 2000 Over
Guarantees
for tequila production
Agreement finally reached for tequila
All 72 tequila distilleries
sign agreement which will promote lower pricing and benefits for
agave farmers
Agave from Zacatecas being looted by Tequileros
Unregistered
agave taken for tequila production.
Mexican
government guarantees continued
production of tequila and no changes in official Norma
Secofi made it clear that there will be no changes in the
Norma (NOM)
Protected tequila zone extended for more agave planting
Another 450 square kilometers
authorized for agave
Program For Tequila Exports to Europe
Quality control program put
in place for exports
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