The Rock, Kevin Hart, & More Stars With Tequila Brands

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When drinking responsibly, 1 can’t spell incorrect with tequila. The portion has a affluent past wrong Mexico, with Liquor.com noting its root dates backmost to 1000 B.C.  The modern mentation is distilled from the bluish agave works successful the Mexican authorities of Jalisco, wherever the municipality of Tequila, Mexico, resides. As a literal trademark of Mexican civilization – “tequila” cannot beryllium produced extracurricular of Mexico, the mode “champagne” can’t beryllium made extracurricular of France – tequila and mezcal proceed to sensation delicious and summation a greater foothold successful mainstream American drinking culture. Part of that occurrence is owed to immoderate of your favourite celebs jumping aboard the tequila train.

From Sammy Hagar launching Cabo Wabo, which immoderate see the “OG Celebrity Tequila,” to Kevin Hart launching Gran Coramino successful May 2022, galore stars from music, sports, movies, and world tv person partnered with distilleries successful Mexico to motorboat their ain brands. So, beryllium it Cinco de Mayo, National Paloma Day (May 22), National Margarita Day (February 22), National Tequila Day (July 24), National Mezcal Day (October 21), oregon the existent time of Mexican Independence (September 16), present are immoderate personage tequila brands that you tin enjoy.

George Clooney, Casamigos

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One of the much well-known personage tequila brands successful caller times is Casamigos. Launched successful 2013 by George Clooney, businessman Rande Gerber, and spot developer Mike Meldman, it has go 1 of the mainstays of the tequila support astatine your liquor store.

“Casamigos was ever intended arsenic our location Tequila for our homes successful Mexico, and lone recently, astatine the urging of radical who enjoyed it with us, we decided to marque it disposable to the public,” George told Wine Enthusiast in 2013. It rapidly proved to beryllium a lucrative venture. In 2017, spirits institution Diago bought Casamigos for $1 billion, according to The Guardian. George would proceed to beforehand the marque since helium volition everlastingly beryllium synonymous with it (despite nary longer owning it.)

“If you asked america 4 years agone if we had a $1bn company, I don’t deliberation we would person said yes,” Clooney said successful a statement. “This reflects Diageo’s content successful our institution and our content successful Diageo. But we’re not going anywhere. We’ll inactive beryllium precise overmuch a portion of Casamigos. Starting with a changeable tonight. Maybe two.”

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Teremana

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Launched successful March 2020, Teremana is simply a “tequila of the people,” according to the founder, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “After years of hard work, this is genuinely a imagination travel true. My squad and I are committed to bringing you the highest successful prime tequila due to the fact that quality, the people, the land, and bequest are what substance most,” writes The Rock connected Teremana’s website.

In 2022, Dwayne Johnson and Tereman brought backmost Guac connected The Rock. When consumers acquisition a Teremana cocktail with an bid of guac, they volition beryllium reimbursed up to $10—whether you dine successful oregon instrumentality out. To qualify, each a idiosyncratic needs to bash is upload an itemized receipt astatine guacontherock.com oregon by scanning the unsocial QR codification successful the restaurant. The run runs until May 8, 2022. More details here: https://guacontherock.com/

E-40, E. Cuarenta

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“I’m going to propulsion up immoderate E Cuarenta Tequila Anejo made by Earl Stevens, you recognize me?” E-40 told HollywoodLife when discussing his spirits portfolio successful 2021. “Just truthful y’all know. ‘E Cuarenta’ means ‘E-40’ successful Spanish. Hello!”

“So you cognize what I’m saying?” says the man, whose tequila is astir arsenic creaseless and charismatic arsenic helium is. “I’m each astir the juice, man! Because you cognize the impervious is successful the pudding, man. The impervious is successful the pudding. If your foodstuff is nasty, that connection is going to get around, you cognize what I’m saying? I’ve got to marque definite excavation is A-plus, man. You recognize me?”

Kevin Hart, Gran Coramino

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“As idiosyncratic who loves tequila, I’ve spent the past 2 years moving with Juan Domingo to make a marque and merchandise of the highest imaginable prime that is accessible to my fans. Juan is an undisputed person successful the tequila manufacture and, similar me, strives for excellence successful everything helium does,” said Kevin Hart in a connection announcing the motorboat of Gran Coramino tequila.

“I wanted thing antithetic successful the market, to archer a communicative that hadn’t been told earlier for my fans, for my culture, and a procreation who has ne'er tasted a Cristalino before. It’s the best-kept concealed successful tequila.”

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, DeLeon

After launching his vodka brand, Sean “Diddy” Combs decided to participate the tequila concern successful 2014. The concern mogul purchased DeLeon successful concern with British drinks multinational Diageo. “With Ciroc, we tested the waters—or, I would say, we dated,” Diddy told Forbes. “Now, with this associated venture, we took this step, and we got married. I deliberation it’s organic, I deliberation we enactment unneurotic truthful well, we person a proven way record, and I wouldn’t privation to bash it with anybody else.”

Eva Longoria, Casa Del Sol

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Co-founded by Mexican-American actress, producer, director, and activistic Eva Longoria, Casa Del Sol helps disrupts the boys’ nine of tequila.

The endowment down this marque is female. Alejandra Pelayo is Casa Del Sol’s caput of production. She is besides a protégé and goddaughter of the precocious Francisco Alcaraz, tequila pioneer and maestro distiller/creator of Patrón. Mariana Padilla is simply a Mexican-based artisan, entrepreneur, and girl of Paco Padilla, the taste ambassador of Jalisco, Mexico.

What sets Casa Del Sol isolated is that portion astir tequilas property successful whiskey barrels, Casa Del Sol partnered with Laurent Martell, the 9th procreation of the Martell household successful France, and sourced Cognac barrels handcrafted with French Limousin Oak.

Michael Jordan, Cincoro

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Cincoro (a operation of “Cinco” and “oro” oregon “five gold”) represents the 5 hoops powerfulness brokers down the brand: Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers, Wes Edens of the Milwaukee Bucks, Emilia Fazzalari and her hubby Wyc Grousbeck of the Boston Celtics, and Michael Jordan, who owns the Charlotte Hornets. The 5 bonded implicit a communal emotion of tequila during a 2016 dinner, per Men’s Journal. That emotion resulted successful Cincoro, a tequila that itself looks similar a trophy.

LeBron James, Lobos 1707

Like Air Jordan, LeBron James knew helium had to get into the tequila business. He invested successful Lobos 1707, a marque founded by Diego Osorio, main originative officer, and CEO Dia Simms, who has worked with brands specified arsenic Deleón Tequila and Cîroc Vodka, per The Spirits Business.

“I knew the archetypal clip I tasted Lobos 1707 Tequila that it was special,” said Lebron. “When I learned much astir the marque communicative and enactment team, I knew I wanted to beryllium a portion of it. Lobos 1707 is astir celebrating the spot of the radical and bringing radical together. It’s astir shared passionateness and values. I emotion sipping Tequila with my friends, and we privation a marque that speaks to us.”

Mark Wahlberg, Flecha Azul

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Tequila? From Boston’s ain Mark Wahlberg? “It’s comic due to the fact that erstwhile it was archetypal mentioned to me, I said ‘absolutely not,'” Wahlberg told CNN Business successful January 2022. “You person each these different radical retired determination claiming to person gone to Mexico and created tequila and cultivated agave and each this stuff. They were like, ‘This is not what that is, we person 2 astonishing guys who are truly young and like-minded.’ … I conscionable said I would emotion to put successful them.” Mark teamed with Mexican PGA golfer Abraham Ancer and entrepreneur Aron Marquez to motorboat Flecha Azul, with Mark arsenic the main investor.

Aaron Paul & Bryan Cranston, Dos Hombres

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Forget Blue Sky. Dos Hombres – by Breaking Bad costars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul – is simply a mezcal marque launched successful 2019. In June 2021, Constellation Brands, Inc acquired a number involvement successful the artisanal and hand-crafted mezcal brand.

Dos Hombres is not a tequila. It’s a mezcal, which is besides made from agave, similar tequila. However, tequila is lone made from agave tequilana Weber, oregon Weber bluish agave, according to Wine Enthusiast. Mezcal is made from up to 50 taxon of the agave plant. Plus, tequila agave is steamed successful ovens, whereas mezcal agave is roasted successful underground pits.

All tequilas are mezcals, but not each mezcals are tequilas.

(If you aren’t feeling similar immoderate Walt and Jessie mezcal, wherefore not get immoderate Dirty Devil Vodka, who partnered with Giancarlo Esposito to sanction him arsenic their Global Brand Ambassador. The vibrant, premium vodka is the archetypal and lone tone successful the satellite made with Hyper-Oxygenated h2o – and that’s science! Walt would approve.)

The Chainsmokers, JAJA Tequila

JAJA Tequila was launched successful 2018 by brothers Maurice and Elliot Tebele and their puerility person Martin Hoffstein. The trio had a ngo of creating a fun, vibrant, and approachable manner tequila. Soon after, GRAMMY-winning duo Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers, who built their marque connected the aforesaid principles arsenic JAJA, became co-owners of the company. Together, this radical has marketed JAJA to their generation, making it 1 of the astir in-demand tequila brands for their property groups.

Justin TImberlake, Sauza 901

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“My emotion for tequila began a fewer years agone aft I visited the tequila heartland of Jalisco, Mexico, and saw the passionateness and craftsmanship that goes into each bottle,”  Justin Timberlake said successful a 2014 statement, per Beverage Industry. “That travel inspired maine to make [Sauza 901], and I’m thrilled to spouse with Sauza to dispersed the connection astir this large tequila.”

Nick Jonas, Villa One

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“I deliberation tequila is people thing that brings radical together,” Nick Jonas told Sharp magazine erstwhile discussing his tequila, Villa one. “It truly is simply a celebratory drink. We portion it similar Champagne, and it seems to beryllium a changeless erstwhile we are celebrating with friends. When you’re making art, oregon music, oregon adjacent tequila, erstwhile you’re bringing radical together, that’s a existent win.”

Kendall Jenner, 818

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Kendall Jenner launched 818 Tequila successful May 2021. Named aft the country codification for Calabasas, 818, Kendall told Elle.com that she’s been a “huge tequila person for respective years now” and that “after trying antithetic types, I wanted to marque 1 meant for enjoying with household and friends.”

“I’m excited to measurement into the tone industry, which has historically been male-dominated,” said Kendall. “Hopefully, I tin animate different women to go founders oregon enactment successful the aforesaid field, which decidedly needs much pistillate representation.”

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, Calirosa

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Adam Levine and his wife, Behati Prinsloo, got into the tequila concern successful July 2021. The 2 are partners successful Calirosa, tequila that is distilled traditionally earlier being matured successful reddish vino barrels from California. The debut expressions were Rosa Blanco and the Añejo which are  “100% premium Rosa Tequila.” The enactment has expanded to see a Rosa Blanco, aReposado, an Añejo, and an Extra Añejo. For elemental and delicious cocktail recipes to whip up astatine home, click HERE.

The tequilas are produced by the Real family, who person been crafting agave spirits successful Amatitán, Jalisco, since 1942. Third-generation Tequila shaper Luis Trejo Rodriguez serves arsenic maestro distiller, per The Spirits Business.

Rita Ora, Prósperoro

Rita Ora launched Próspero Tequila successful 2019. Ora is simply a shareholder and main originative spouse of the tequila produced astatine the Don Roberto Distillery successful Jalisco, Mexico, by Stella Anguiano. “This has been 1 of my favourite projects to enactment connected due to the fact that it has fixed maine the accidental to enactment with Stella, 1 of the fewer pistillate distillers successful the industry,” said Rita, per The Spirits Business.

Guy Fieri & Sammy Hagar, Santo Fino

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Sammy Hagar sold the past of his involvement successful Cabo Wabo tequila successful 2010. Almost a decennary later, helium teamed with Guy Fieri to motorboat Santo Tequila successful 2017. “I person been successful this concern for implicit 30 years, and if anyone knows bully tequila, it’s me. I unrecorded and respire tequila,” Sammy said successful a 2021 property release astir the enlargement of the Santo Spirits household to see Santo Reposado.

George Strait, Código 1530

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“I was ne'er a large tequila drinker earlier Código,” state euphony fable George Straight told Rolling Stone successful 2021. “If I drank it astatine all, it was with a lime, and I would effort to get the sensation retired of my rima arsenic accelerated arsenic I could. I deliberation that was from each the additives that immoderate companies enactment successful their tequila, which we don’t do. There is nary harsh burning aftertaste to it, truthful it’s precise bully to sip connected straight.”

George launched the Codigo 1530 marque successful 2016 and has dispersed the connection astir the marque since then. “The different founders and I had been drinking the unnamed foodstuff for a fewer years earlier we decided to effort and instrumentality it to the remainder of the world,” helium added. “None of america were trying oregon had immoderate plans to commencement a tequila company, but it was conscionable excessively bully not to share.”

Thomas Rhett, Dos Primos

“When Jeff and I started the Dos Primos Tequila institution 4 years ago, we knew we wanted to proceed to grow our tequila family,” said Thomas Rhett successful 2022, erstwhile rolling retired the caller Dos Primos Tequila Reposado. “We’ve been truthful blown distant by the effect to our blanco and couldn’t beryllium much pumped to present present a reposado together. Similar to our archetypal goal, we’ve worked hard to marque this arsenic versatile arsenic imaginable and seamlessly acceptable into immoderate activity, careless of the clip of year.”

Dos Primos is distilled astatine Destiladora González Lux, located conscionable extracurricular the metropolis of Arandas, Mexico, successful the highlands of Jalisco, per a press release. Rodolfo González, a third-generation maestro distiller astatine Destiladora González Lux, worked with Thomas Rhett and Tomas’s cousin, Jeff Worn, to make the sensation profiles of the blanco and reposado offerings.

Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville

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It makes consciousness that Jimmy Buffett, the antheral who wrote and recorded “Margaritaville,” would person a tequila marque with that name, right? Much similar the Margaritaville restaurants, the Margaritaville enactment of tequilas is “inspired by the manner of Jimmy Buffett. These tequilas, rums, and cocktails person go synonymous with a tropical escapism state-of-mind, wherever the mundane pressures of beingness instrumentality a backmost spot to fun.”

Remember to portion responsibly. 

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