Liquor and Tobacco

Where to find liquor and tobacco products in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Mexico: cigars, tequila, wines, mezcal, rum.

In Mexico liquor and tobacco are sold as much in corner stores and licorerias as in larger supermarkets such as the Bodega Aurrera and Comercial Mexicana, and in recent times in Zihuatanejo we’ve increasingly seen small specialty stores crop up offering just wines, or specializing in the many different types of Tequila and Mezcal available here, or selling locally made and/or Cuban cigars.

Legal drinking age in Mexico is 18 years of age and by law minors should not purchase either liquor or tobacco products.

Artequila
Tequila selection. Located on Cuauhtemoc 33-B, Col. Centro, Zihuatanejo. Tels: (755) 112-1114, Cel 755 101-0848

Don Francisco Havana Cigars
A variety of Cuban cigars are offered through La Perla Restaurant on Playa la Ropa in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. Please contact Francisco barra at Tel: (755 )554-2700.

La Bodega de Vinos Finos
Wines and liquor in general, located on Morelos No. 1 in downtown Zihuatanejo. Tel. (755) 554-3339

Tequila Por Favor
(formerly Casa Tequila) A wide selection of every brand of tequila imaginable, as well as Havana cigars (walk-in humidor). Located in downtown Zihuatanejo on Cuauhtemoc No. 14, and in Ixtapa in La Puerta Commercial Center, L-8 and 17. Phones: Zihua 755 554-2725; Ixtapa 755 553-1155.

Vinos y Licores Adriana y Pancho
Liquor store and general grocery (coffee, snacks, other speciality products as well as essentials), located on Cuauhtemoc No. 1 in downtown Zihuatanejo, just across from the Plaza and basketball court.

Vinoteca Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
Calle Vicente Guerrero #22 near the corner of Nicolas Bravo, Tel. 755 112-1392, Fax 112-1392. A selection of fine wines from Spain, France, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia and elsewhere, as well as selected quality tequila, rum, whisky and other liquors.

La Europea
Behind Fishers at Marina Ixtapa. La Europea offers a very wide selection of wines from all over the world as well as other alcoholic beverages.

About Tequila

Tequila was first produced in the 16th century near the location of the city of Tequila which was not officially established until 1656. The Aztec people had previously made a fermented beverage from the agave plant which they called octli (later, and more popularly called pulque), long before the Spanish arrived in 1521. When the Spanish conquistadors ran out of their own brandy, they began to distill this agave drink to produce North America’s first indigenous distilled spirit.[1]

Some 80 years later, around 1600, Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, the Marquis of Altamira, began mass-producing tequila at the first factory in the territory of modern-day Jalisco. By 1608, the colonial governor of Nueva Galicia had begun to tax his products.

The tequila that is popular today was first mass-produced in the early 1800s in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Source:
Tequila. (2008, February 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:34, February 14, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tequila&oldid=188518144

Related articles published in our local Another Day in Paradise Magazine

• Tequila, by John Wilcock
• Si’Kar – The history of the cigar, by Huw Lewis
• Pulque – Wonder Drink of the Aztecs, by Catherine Krantz
• Tropical Drinks – Recipes

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