TEQUILA EXPO OCT. 15-18

Any Nomads going? My family and I will be there on Saturday the 17th. We should be there from opening time til about 4 p.m.
Look forward to meeting some of you!

[Edited on 10-11-2009 by udowinkler]

Oh my gosh, I can't believe you would even consider going to Mexico...let alone with your family. Are you going to take any of those tourist police with you? Remember, don't drink the water and no matter what....don't drive at night!!!!





Have fun!

There haven't been any publisized killings in TJ in the last few months

and TJ has always been a lot of fun!
And especially with the tequila expo in a few days.
Take a look at http://vivabajacalifornia.com/html/videos.html

Fernando does a terrific job in presenting TJ as well as Rosarito beach...talk about a positive twist!

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Originally posted by udowinkler There haven't been any publisized killings in TJ in the last few months and TJ has always been a lot of fun! And especially with the tequila expo in a few days. Take a look at http://vivabajacalifornia.com/html/videos.html Fernando does a terrific job in presenting TJ as well as Rosarito beach...talk about a positive twist!

I'll second that about Fernando!!!! We need more people like him

If they did a bus trip to the TJ Brewery... well I would be there!

Why beer instead of Tequila?

Have you heard:

ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR!!!

Maybe go to watch Udo? That might be fun??!!

I hope to make it. Sounds like fun. My Mexican boyfriend is afraid to go to TJ so I may have to threaten to go on my own.

SMALLER, BUT STILL FUN...ESPECIALLY WITH FERNANDO & SIMONE![/B]


1:00 P.M. arrived and the Expo opened. PLUS Fernando was waiting for the five of us with passes in hand!
The organizers moved the Expo one block to the North, which was about 100' shorter than last year. The shorter bock accomodated about 20 Tequila exhibitors, compared to about 50 the last couple of years. I think we would have had to make three passes at all the booths to get a little over a shot glass worth of tastings. They had some really BAD Tequila ($2.00/ bottle), and they also had the other extreme with CARA DE ORO as well as DEGOLLADO. Both were double anejo. Extremely tasty and somewhat expensive...$65.00 and $75.00 per bottle U.S. The rest of the tequilas we got to taste were in the mid $20.00 U.S. per bottle. They did have El Charro for $11.00 U.S. per box that contained a one liter plus a quarter liter, and they gave you an extra bottle with purchase. El Charro is many Nomads' favorite cheap tequila. There was no Espolon, Martyman!
One of the best tequilas we tasted was not available for sale...it was a buotique tequila for which we had to pay $5.00 U.S. to taste. The photo is below. It came in a 10 gallon jug and had a dead rattlesnake preserved inside. This booth also sold liters of PULQUE. They also had a variety of other unusual drinking items for sale.
David K missed out because one booth offered a large variety of beers for sale.
I was somewhat disappointed in the food. The chefs were oviously frazzled by having to feed too many people at one time and did not put any local love into the food preparation. The Mexican pizza was bland, as well as the tamales wrapped in banana leaves. The one place that offered carne asada also had bland food (the seasonings were not there).
If Fernando would not have supplied the passes, the entry fee would have been $5.00 U.S., and well worth the price of admission. The only thing I wish the organizers would have brought back was the full tent with a roof. It was somewhat warm with the sun beating down on us, and I'll bet the exhibitors that were on the East side were really getting to sweat.
One my personal highlights was when I managed to talk the vendor from the Alma de Mujer distributorship, where I purchased the Cara De Oro tequila) out of the nice golf shirt off his back with the purchase. Fernando even said I shoudda been a Mexican!
The front entrance to the Expo:

The best HUG!


The inside of the Expo, looking South

Fernando and the organizers

Fernando, Jana and myself. The agave weighed about 100 lbs!

This was the booth that had all the collectible bottles.

Other food items were also available, including fried grosshoppers (yum!)

Some of the tequilas exhibited as well as sold.

Controling the shot sizes with the inverted bottles.

The pizza was tasteless as well as dry, but looked good!

Folklorico dancers entertainers us most of the day


I think I reached my maximum photos allowed per posting, the copy & paste no longer works.
Part 2 coming up.

[Edited on 10-19-2009 by udowinkler]

This is the last photo
Fernando, Simone (Fernando's lovely wife), and my wife Jana.

Nice pictures.

From the pictures it looks like arriving early is the way to go. I arrived Saturday at 7:00 pm and there was a 20 minute line to get in. Inside it was hard to move because it was so crowded. It only got worse as the night wore on.

Had a great time though.

Here are three more photos at the Expo:

More of the packaged food: Spicy peanuts, toasted garlic, and the grasshoppers. The white balls in the background were a fermented (and very delicious) Monterey Jack cheese.


The alternate drink booth (notice the PULQUE) which included the tequila in the large container with a preserved rattler.



The now infamous preserved rattler. Even tough we had to pay $5.00 U.S. to taste this delicacy, it was well worth it. The third best tequila in the place...our opinion.


[Edited on 10-19-2009 by udowinkler]

So who rolled the agave home after all that Tequila?

Hey, thanks much... great photo's, and everyones smiles say it all...