Posted 05.31.2007 at 4:53 pm
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I just spent a nice night outdoors drinking some frozen margaritas at my favorite solar-powered NYC watering hole, Habana Outpost. Which made a headline that I ran across today doubly disturbing:
I was fully prepared to make some personal sacrifices for our embattled planet's health (as you know, we're not all that pumped about the Bush administration's hype of ethanol), but this hit a little too close for comfort. I guess it's good that I'm a bourbon drinker first and foremost. —John Mahoney
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I'm not sure I really buy this. I'm living in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (heart of the agave growing region) and all I've heard for the last few years is that there is a glut of agave. This is probably part of a boom and bust cycle that hits agave. Agave takes a long time to mature, so these cycles generally extend over a long period of time. I think a few years ago there was a shortage, so a lot of farmers started planting agave. Now that there is a glut, they are changing to corn. If there is another shortage, they will switch back to agave. Also, don't worry about Jose Cuervo, Suaza or any of the big tequila makers. They have been buying up agave fields during the glut and hope to control most of their own supply, thus making a glut or shortage less important for them.
i like corn