What is the difference between tequila and agave wine?

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1. What is the difference between tequila and agave wine?
2. Is all tequila 100% agave?
3. What brands of tequila are 100 blue agave?
4. What brand of tequila has a worm in the bottle?
5. Do they still put a worm in tequila?
6. What tequila should I use for margaritas?
7. What is the smoothest tequila for margaritas?

What is the difference between tequila and agave wine?

Agave wine is an alcoholic beverage produced from the fermentation of agave sap. Tequila is the distillation of the same material. Because it is produced by fermentation, agave wine contains much less alcohol than tequila.

Is all tequila 100% agave?

Tequila is made from blue agave, but it does not have to be 100% agave. Many tequilas will advertise themselves as '100% Blue Agave,' but the legal requirement is 51%. Distillers are allowed to fill out the rest with a neutral spirit made from cane sugar juice, creating what is known as a “mixto” tequila.

What brands of tequila are 100 blue agave?

100 Percent Agave Tequila List

• Tarantula Azul Tequila. 4.

  What brand of tequila has a worm in the bottle?

  Gusano Rojo mezcal

  Do they still put a worm in tequila?

  Even today, with mezcal making a strong, high quality comeback in the spirits world, bottles complete with a worm (and a tiny packet of worm-flavored salt) are still out there. Meanwhile, it's said the Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (the Mexican Standards authority) actually prohibits adding insects or larvae to tequila.

  What tequila should I use for margaritas?

  Blanco tequila

  What is the smoothest tequila for margaritas?

  The 12 Smoothest Tequilas To Add To Your Margaritas

  • Villa One Silver Tequila. Villa One. ...
  • Don Julio Blanco. Don Julio Blanco. ...
  • Avión Reposado. Avion. ...
  • Espolòn Blanco. Espolon. ...
  • Del Maguey Vida Mezcal. Vida. ...
  • El Tesoro Añejo Tequila. El Tesoro. ...
  • Herradura Silver Tequila. Herradura. ...
  • el Jimador Reposado. el Jimador.
  
  

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