Best Premium and Artisanal Tequila Tastings in Guadalajara: Our 7 Picks

1.Premium Tequila Tour with Tastings and Pairings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 144 reviews · 8.5 hours · from $58Our pick

Spend 8.5 hours tracing tequila from agave fields to glass with an English or Spanish-speaking guide. Visit Puerta del Agave, Tequila Selecto, El Pedregal, Tequila town, and Cantaritos El Guero. You’ll sample artisanal tequilas, enjoy a professional food pairing, and finish with music and tequila cocktails.

“Fantastic time !! Highly recommend! Tour guides were a great time and everyone in our group had a blast !”

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2.Premium Tequila Route with professional tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 139 reviews · from $52Best value

Spend 8.5 hours with bilingual guides such as Edna or Kim exploring agave fields, a small distillery, Amatitán, Tequila, and Cantaritos El Güero. You will taste five premium tequilas in crystal glasses with wine pairing, learn to spot 100% agave tequila, and enjoy a second open-bar tasting. Eat breakfast first.

“mindblowig experience. I really travel a lot. I usually have a good luck to get amazing experience. But this time it was an increadible experience and I wish I god give them more stars then availailable here. Good job, you are great. Thank you Edna for being with us.”

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3.Tequila Premium Tour Destination Agave

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 62 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $59Top rated

Travel from Guadalajara to Amatitán and Tequila with an English-speaking guide, private transportation, distillery tours, guided tastings, agave-field views, free time in Tequila, and a lively Cantaritos stop. Guides such as Edna and Kim explain tequila in both practical and cultural terms, while drivers handle the long day on the road.

“This experience was Awesome! PSA Wear a hat and wear good shoes and pants. So the bugs won’t eat your legs up. But Edna was GREAT! Edgar the driver was great as well getting as around town safe. Edna’s knowledge is amazing! All her recommendations on the tour were great! English and Spanish translation was good! I recommend this tour over any other tour!!”

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4.Premium Private Tequila Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · 6 to 9 hours (approx.)

Start from Guadalajara with pickup anywhere in the metro area, then follow tequila from agave fields to bottle. Andrea, a chemist who specializes in tequila production, may guide your private group through Cava de Oro and Selecto de Amatitán. Breakfast, lunch, tastings, crafts, and an optional weekend cantarito round out this 6 to 9-hour day.

“Really good food and fun experience got to taste a lot of different varieties of tequilas and got to see how it’s make and taste some tequila before it was bottled. All the places we visited were really fun and we had a really good time.”

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5.Private Artisanal Tequila Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $146

Spend 7 to 8 hours traveling privately from Guadalajara through El Arenal and Amatitán to Tequila. Guide Hector explains tequila production at Cava de Oro, leads a tasting, and gives you free time for lunch and town exploring. Pickup, air-conditioned transport, and bottled water are included.

“Hector was very knowledgeable, fun and accommodating! Highly recommend this tour. We learned lot! I loved visiting the distillery where Hector educated us on the distillery process and a great tasting!”

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6.Experience an Artisanal Tequila Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.)

From Guadalajara, VIP Tequila Tour takes you along the Route of Tequila to Cava de Oro for a seven-pour tasting and tequila-making lesson. You’ll visit agave fields in Amatitán, eat Mexican food at a 250-year-old Sauza hacienda, and finish at Cantoritos del Güero with live music and mariachi. The day lasts about six to seven hours.

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7.Premium Tequila Tasting in Guadalajara

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $59

Meet Fernando at Hostel Hospedarte Centro for a 90-minute English-language tasting of premium artisanal tequila. Learn how to judge aroma, flavor, and body while sampling four pours with seasonal fruit, cheese, dark chocolate, and purified water. Small groups cap the session at 12 people.

“Don’t be fooled, this is one of the best tequila/mezcal tastings you’ll find. Fernando was fantastic. Very knowledgeable and knows many of the local distillers. We tested 6 amazing tequilas and mezcals. If you’re lucky, you’ll even get some unexpected entertainment from the hostel resident. Ha. Viva Mexico!”

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