In recent months, we have heard about the high demand of agave that there is, and it is only normal to wonder how a plant so noble in its planting and cultivation may be scarce for the production of Tequila. This has to do with the Tequila Designation of Origin.
Although there are several varieties of agave, the only species admitted by NOM-006-SCFI-2012 (which makes reference to the Tequila designation of origin) is the Tequilana Weber Agave, Blue Variety, cultivated within the territory of declaration of the same.
The general declaration of the Tequila Designation of Origin was published in the Mexican Federation Official Gazette on December 9th, 1974 yet, it has had some modifications and additions done to date. This declaration establishes the "Tequila" ownership that corresponds to the Mexican State.
According to the Article 156 of the Industrial Property Law, the Designation of Origin is the geographical region of a country to which a "product of origin" is designated, since the product's exclusive characteristics are obtained from its specific geographic environment.
The international protection of this spirit drink has been registered since 1978 before the World Industrial Protection Organization, as well as in records granted in 46 countries according to the information obtained from the Tequila Regulatory Council.
Each tequila bottle must show a readable label with the following information:
We invite you to come to Tequila, Jalisco, hometown of this delicious Mexican drink of international recognition. At Casa Sauza, we are proud of our Mexican history and tradition and we want to share our knowledge and experience about this traditional Mexican drink with you. We are happy to offer several guided tours that you can take so you get to know our facilities: