A tequila factory only receives Tequila Weber Agave, blue variety. It must exclusively be that kind of agave! Besides, it must have also been planted in the territory that protects the Tequila Denomination of Origin (DOT).
This comprises 181 municipalities in 5 states of the Mexican Republic:
Only in these municipalities can we harvest and use the raw material Agave Tequilana Weber, blue variety for the production of Tequila.
The legal requirements are issued by the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT). This council verifies the presence of the agave in the field once it has reached its maturity stage and it has been decided to proceed with its harvesting, carried out either by the producer and/or an agavera company (company that produces agave).
First, the agave must be registered at the CRT by the producer or the agavera company. This register includes:
When obtaining the registration and the owner of the agave card, it is expected that the agave will reach its maturity stage. The agave supplier must have a purchase-sale agreement with the tequila factory that will consume it, in order to later apply for the CRT agave transfer guides.
Once the agave transfer guides have been requested, the CRT will send a technician to check on the property and verify it against the record that is held as a producer and/or agave company, in order to continue with the total or partial harvest of the farm to be worked on or, as this activity is called in the case of the harvesting of the agave: the jima.
Once the verification by the technician is done, we proceed to generate the number of guides to be used by the farm's jima. Each guide has its cost.
In order to deliver the agave to Casa Sauza, the internal personnel of the field area will:
Once the CRT transfer guide of agave, and the internal guide of Tequila Sauza are in order, the harvesting of the agave or jima will then take place in the farm, to later make its delivery to the factory.
The producer is requested a certificate of planting in force on the day of the jima, in order to:
Once the truck is in the factory, the Raw Material Control Technician checks that both guides comply with the information given in order to finally receive the agave in the factory.
A) Checking the CRT agave transfer guide:
B) Checking the Freight Control of the Delivery of Agave into Factory internal guide.
If you want to know more about Casa Sauza suppliers, click on the following links:
What Certifications are Needed to Become a Sauza Supplier?
What Does it Take to Become a Sauza Supplier?
How to Achieve Zero Breakdowns in the Tequila Production Process
Casa Sauza Suppliers: Owens-Illinois Group and Environmental Care.
You can also come to Casa Sauza and visit our production plant and see it all for yourself!