At a recent event we hosted a in-house tequila tasting in one of our client’s homes. We found this to be a fun way to add a new element to a corporate event and it was a resounding success. We located the tequila bar in a typically lesser-utilized space, which also helped spread the guests throughout the home. While the guests had the option to taste all of the tequila ‘neat’, we also stocked the tequila bar with lime wedges and fresh-squeezed juices, agave nectar, salt, bottled water and ice in order to offer a fun, less intense alternative to everyone at the event. The most important element of the event was our tequiliero Jeremy Flanigan, having a tequila ‘sommelier’ who could explain the nuances of the 6 different tequilas offered gave guests a fun opportunity to learn something about what they were tasting.
At the tasting bar, two different brands of tequila were offered Partida, a lowland producer, which combines traditional methods with modern technology including stainless steel autoclaves; and El Tesoro de Don Felipe, from the highlands, which takes the opposite approach using entirely traditional methods such as brick and stone ovens (hornos). From each of the two brands, three categories were offered: plata, reposado and anejo, which range from being bottled immediately after distillation to being aged two to three years.
