Jose Cuervo
Subtitle: The Oldest Tequila Company in the World: a Family History
Publisher: Casa Cuervo
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mexico City, Mexico
Number of pages: 80
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 01.- The Origins of the Cuervo Family / Geography and population of Tequila; title: 02.- The origins of Casa Cuervo / The rise of the Spanish Colonial village of Tequila; title: 03.- José Antonio de Cuervo y Valdés / The mescal of the New Galicia (Jalisco); title: 04.- José Prudencio de Cuervo y Montaño / Early mescal wine production and the Royal Repository; title: 05.- José María Guadalupe de Cuervo y Montaño / The consumption and sale of mescal wine in the 18th Century; title: 06.- José Vicente Albino Rojas y Jiménez and 'La Rojeña' / A family portrait; title: 07.- Jesús Flores and 'La Constancia' / The cataloguing of the mescal wine as tequila: a reference; title: 08.- Ana González-Rubio y de la Torre / An exceptional woman; title: 09.- José Cuervo y Labastida / Comments on Agave Tequilana Weber; title: 10.- Guadalupe Gallardo y González-Rubio / Agave: a legendary name; title: 11.- The Beckmann Family / The Denomination of Origin for tequila; title: 12.- Casa Cuervo today / Important dates; title: Documentary appendix:; title: Document I.- Land ownership in favour of José Antonio de Cuervo y Valdés (1758); title: Document II.- Purchase of 'San Juan de Dios del Limon' hacienda by José Prudencio de Cuervo y Montaño (1793); title: Index; title: Glossary; title: Acknowledgements