Mexico Grants Historic Tequila License in Russia RT.com
go to original October 28, 2023

A Russian distillery is preparing for the launch of the line in 2024 (Getty Images / stockfotocz)

The Mexican government has granted a license for bottling tequila in Russia for the first time, business daily RBK reports.

The Kaluga-based Crystal distillery may start bottling the signature alcoholic drink in Russia, although its production in the country is not possible, the Mexican Embassy clarified.

Tequila can be extracted exclusively from the 'Tequila Weber' variety of blue agave, which is grown in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas, the diplomatic mission explained.

"Therefore tequila cannot be produced outside Mexico but it can be bottled outside the Mexican territory," the embassy told RBK in a statement.

The Russian distillery is preparing for the launch of the line in 2024, owner Pavel Pobedkin said, without providing further details of the project.

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