9 Premium & Artisanal Tequila Tastings to Book This Year

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.Artisanal Mezcal and Fine Chocolate Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $89Top rated

Meet Shamira in La Veleta, Tulum, for a two-hour tasting of five mezcals paired with Mexican chocolates, citrus, peanuts, cacao, and grasshoppers. She explains agave, production, and Mexican traditions in clear English. The small group is capped at 10, and the experience ends where it begins.

“Learned more about mezcal than any other tasting experience I have had. Learned to appreciate the effort that goes into artisanal mezcal. I won’t go back to industrial😀 Shamira was friendly and knowledgeable and very sincere in her love of mezcal and chocolates.”

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4.Mezcal & Mole by a Certified Sommelier

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $86

In Oaxaca’s Jalatlaco neighborhood, a professional sommelier guides you through seven vegetarian and vegan-friendly moles paired with mezcales made from agaves such as Espadín, Tobalá, Cuixe, Tepeztate, Jabalí, and Papalometl. You’ll begin with a mezcal cocktail, taste at an easy pace, and leave with printed menus and notes.

“The Mezcal pairing with their respective mole was informative, vibrant & delicious. With this experience being on our first day we had a great foundation for the remainder of our trip.”

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5.Tequila Premium Tour Destination Agave

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

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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6.Mezcal and Mole by a Certified Sommelier Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $86

Meet at Mezcal y Mole CDMX in Roma Norte for a two-hour tasting led by a sommelier from the Agave Spirits Institute. You will pair seven mezcals with seven moles, including Espadín, Cuixe, Tepeztate, Mexicano, and a rare chocolate distillate. The tasting is intimate, educational, and vegan-friendly, but eat first because no substantial food is served.

“This was a great introduction to one of Mexico’s signature liquors and national dishes. The tasting was very well organized. A fun activity to do.”

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7.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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8.Tequila Tasting -Masterclass and Blind Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $125

At ICAVI Tasting Room, international sommelier and agave expert Alex Galina leads a 45-minute tequila class, followed by 45 minutes of comparative tasting. You’ll sample Blanco, Reposado, Añejo, Extra-Añejo, and Joven tequilas with gourmet tapas in a private San Miguel de Allende setting.

“Alex is an outstanding teacher. He skillfully deconstructed our knowledge to reconstruct it. He broke down the mystery (and hype) of sommeliers. His mastery is rooted in both science and art without pretense. His enthusiasm is infectious. Highly recommend. Do yourself a favor and do this early in your trip.”

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9.Mezcal Tasting -Masterclass + Blind tasting-

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $125

At ICAVI Tasting Room in San Miguel de Allende, international sommelier and agave expert Alex Galina leads a 45-minute mezcal masterclass, followed by a 45-minute blind tasting of five mezcales from different regions, agave species, and production methods. You will also receive 3 to 4 tapas in a private English-language session.

“Wonderful experience, Alex is a wealth of knowledge and a good teacher to boot. Great class, walked away with an understanding of not only Mezcal but also some clue of wine and other alcohol tasting techniques and appreciation. Highly recommend.”

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