The 8 Best Celebrity Tequila Brands – Billboard

Tequila is in excessive demand. The Mexican spirit, made out of agave vegetation, netted a record-breaking 2022, and in response to Forbes, tequila is on observe to beat out vodka and whiskey to change into the highest liquor in America. From a gross sales perspective, the tequila market is predicted to increase to $15.7 billion by 2029.

With that mentioned, it is sensible that celebs like Nick Jonas, Justin Timberlake, George Strait (store the nation legend’s Código 1530 right here), Carlos Santana, Diddy and Adam Levine have gotten into the tequila enterprise.

In celebration of National Margarita Day, we’ve compiled eight musician-backed tequila manufacturers so that you can take pleasure in. See the lineup under and for extra drink recommendations, learn our listing of musician-owned liquor and non-alcoholic manufacturers and wines.

Deleón Tequila – Sean Diddy Combs

Diddy and spirits firm Diageo bought the tequila model in 2014. Deleón affords quite a lot of tequilas made out of 100% Highland Blue Weber agave from the Los Altos area of Jalisco.

“Hand-selected at harvest for high quality and peak ripeness, our plants yield the sweetest piñas, giving the tequila its abundant character and balance,” the web site reads. “Slow roasting of the agave in traditional brick and clay ovens, combined with slow fermentation, under the precise guidance of our master distiller contribute enriched depth and complexity to the agave’s natural sweetness, creating a remarkably nuanced character.”

Deleón is accessible at Reserve Bar, Total Wine & More and Drizly.

Casa Noble Tequila – Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana joined Casa Noble Tequila as an element proprietor within the model and a member of its board of administrators in 2011. Santana was born in Jalisco, so it was an ideal match for the guitar legend.

The firm handcrafts natural tequilas in crystal, reposado and añejo kinds. Order it on Drizly right here.

Villa One – Nick Jonas

Nick Jonas, John Varvatos and Stoli teamed as much as create Villa One in 2019. The web site boasts tequila with a “unique combination of agave flavors that combines herbaceous, earthy Lowland notes with the sweeter, fruity notes of Highland agave, resulting in a distinct, rounded profile.”

Order the silver and reposado varieties through Drizly right here.

Calirosa Tequila – Adam Levine

“A fusion of Mexican spirit and California style captured in three tequilas.” Adam Levine’s and his spouse, Behati Prinsloo’s, Calirosa tequila is aged in purple win barrels from one month as much as 5 years relying on the kind of tequila.

To produce the tequila, Levine and Prinsloo partnered with the Real household of Tequila Selecto de Amatitán positioned in Jalisco, Mexico. Shop Calirosa blanco, añejo, additional anejo and reposado tequila right here.

Dos Primos – Thomas Rhett

Dos Primos, which implies “Two Cousins,” was fittingly launched by the nation celebrity and his cousin Jeff Worn to “create a tequila that blended Mexican tradition with southern sensibility.”

“My wife and I love to enjoy tequila together, and I’m excited for people to share a bottle with friends, sip it around a bonfire or enjoy it on a fishing trip or at tailgate or concert,” Rhett mentioned in a press assertion. “Dos Primos is about unwinding and enjoying the people and things that really matter in life.”

The award-wining tequila lineup consists of reposado, añejo and tequila blanco.

Santo – Sammy Hagar & Guy Fieri

Hagar and superstar chef Fieri teamed up with Juan Eduardo Nuñez, a third-generation distiller from distillery El Viejito in Jalisco for Santo, which affords “a sinfully smooth old world style tequila blanco, an oak-aged reposado, and the world’s first mezquila.”

Order the Santo Blanco through Total Wine & More right here, and the mezquila (a mix of mezcal and tequila) with one-hour supply on Drizly right here.

Próspero Tequila – Rita Ora

The British singer and Conecuh Brands teamed with feminine distiller, Stella Anguiano, to launch Próspero tequila in 2020.

Available in blanco, añejo and reposado, the tequila serves up an “unparalleled flavor with a smooth, elegant, and perfectly balanced finish.”  

JAJA Tequila – The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers’ Alex Pall and Drew Taggart joined the JAJA group after the corporate was based by Maurice Tebele and social media influencer Elliot Tebele in 2018.

The heritage facility, which produces blanco, reposado and añejo small batch tequilas, is led by a gaggle of longtime distillers who deal with high quality in addition to sustainability.