Additive-Free Tequila: History, Method, and the Label Test
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Additive-Free Tequila: History, Method, and the Label Test
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This episode is about how tequila became what it is today, and how to spot additive-free bottles using what the label and the maker’s methods can actually tell you. We’ll begin in western Mexico’s Tequila region, where agave moves from everyday use into a distilled spirit shaped by colonial pressure, legalization, trade, and eventually formal standards that define tequila around blue agave and a protected place-name. Then we’ll narrow to artisan, additive-free production from field to bottle, showing how cooking, crushing, fermentation, distillation cuts, and aging choices shape flavor without added sweeteners, coloring, aromatizers, or flavorings. Finally, we’ll step into a U.S. liquor store and rely on legally defined label terms and concrete “show your work” details—rather than vague front-label claims—to guide what you pick up.