Nuestro Tequila: The Agave Landscape and the Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

During the course of the 18th century industrial facilities begun to be established within haciendas, and gradually agave cultivation spread out across the plain. As the liquor became better known in the 18th century, so demand increased. Its growth was greatly helped by the creation in 1758 of the commercial route known as the Camino Real connecting Tequila to the port of San Blas on the Pacific Ocean, to Guadalajara and to Mexico City.

Nuestro Tequila: The Agave Landscape and the Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila