Tequilla tastings: Not just a Cinco de Mayo corporate event idea

New York City's top Mexican restaurant owners are trying to revamp the way Americans think of tequilla.

We found one on the Upper West Side where a self-taught tequila expert offers 150 different varieties of the liquor on his menu and classes on how to drink them. 

Think Patron is the only high-end tequilla?  Think again as you will learn that other Tequilla makers are transforming the entire industry with products made of 100 percent blue agave.

Much of the tequila available in the U.S. is made with just 51 percent agave, the minimum amount to still be considered tequila. This version, which is known as "mixto" in Mexico, entered the American market in the 1920s.

It's only now that drinkers are becoming familiar with 100 percent agave tequila and are starting to see it as a more complex, sophisticated spirit to be savored much like a fine wine or a whiskey,  For a fun and in-depth introduction, venues are using the concept of wine tasting classes by offering a one-of-a-kind tequila tasting event in a private room for your destination corporate meeting attendees!