Premium tequila is outperforming other alcoholic drinks as we swap shots for sips, espresso martinis for margaritas The plants may look like pineapples but these fields in north Queensland are growing ...

Turns out, Australia’s northern climate is ideal for growing agave, the foundation of tequila and mezcal. And over the past decade, a small group of distillers has been giving the two styles a red-hot ...

Tequila and I are not the best of friends. We had a major falling out years ago when I was in my early 20s. Before that, I’d been happy to guzzle margaritas and shots until the wee hours. I was, you ...

And Trent Fraser of Bowen, near the Whitsundays in Queensland, is no exception. So his idea to grow an iconic Mexican plant on the opposite side of the world, and create an Australian spirit, might ...

Thousands of large, spikey, cactus-like plants poke out of sun-baked earth, watched over by green-brown hills. When they reach maturity - in six to eight year's time - this crop, known as agaves, will ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. "Whatever you do, don't call it tequila!" says Black Snake Distillery founder Stephen Beale, who ...

Former grazing land in NQ is set to host an Australian agave tequila spirit distillery in what its proponents say could one day be a $100m turnover export business. Melbourne-based whiskey and vodka ...

From bright Tequilas to smoky Mezcals and the rustic character of Raicilla, agave spirits span a wide and intriguing spectrum of flavours and styles from Mexico and beyond. Here are four vibrant agave ...

In six years’ time, Eden Lassie will be unmissable to highway travellers for its more than one million towering blue agave plants that will stand in stark contrast to the endless rows of sugar cane ...

Top Shelf International, the Australia-based distiller, has started selling its first agave spirit. The company has launched Act of Treason, the agave it had been developing at its farm and distillery ...