点评:Excellent experience touring the Jose Cuervo Distillery otherwise known as the Fábrica La Rojeña which is the oldest surviving distillery in Latin America. It is located in the center of the charming town of Tequila which has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We arrived on a Monday afternoon without a reservation for a tour, but we were easily accommodated and signed up for a tour later that day allowing us to wander a bit around the town and eat lunch. The tour was excellent and clearly explained in step-by-step fashion how the distilling process worked. Some brief sampling of the different types of tequila is included in the tour. However, the highlight of our visit was the 45 minutes tequila tasting session that we added on to our tour. It cost $560 MXN vs $330 MXN for the regular tour, but it made our whole experience. The tasting included their flagship tequilas: silver, reposado and añejo and involved a relatively small group of 12 people in a classy tasting room. It was not rushed and made for a very personal and relaxed experience. The tasting was very fun and informative, and I learned a lot about the intricacies of enjoying tequila. There was no pressure to buy anything in the shop at the end of the tour, but I enjoyed myself so much in part as I was now filled with tequila that I bought a bottle of premium tequila as a souvenir.
翻译:参观 Jose Cuervo 酿酒厂(又名 Fábrica La Rojeña)是拉丁美洲现存最古老的酿酒厂,体验非常棒。酿酒厂位于迷人的龙舌兰小镇中心,已被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。我们周一下午到达,没有预约参观,但酒厂很快安排了我们,并报名参加了当天晚些时候的参观,让我们有机会在镇上闲逛并享用午餐。这次参观非常棒,清晰地一步步讲解了蒸馏过程。参观中还包含一些不同类型的龙舌兰酒的简单品尝。然而,我们此次参观的亮点是我们额外增加了 45 分钟的龙舌兰酒品鉴环节。品鉴费用为 560 墨西哥比索(约合人民币 1000 元),而常规品鉴费用为 330 墨西哥比索(约合人民币 1000 元),但它让我们的整个体验非常精彩。品鉴包括了他们的旗舰龙舌兰酒:银龙舌兰、雷波萨多龙舌兰和陈年龙舌兰,在一个优雅的品酒室里,只有 12 个人参加了这次相对较小的活动。整个过程并不匆忙,营造出一种非常个性化和轻松的体验。品酒过程非常有趣,知识性十足,我学到了很多享用龙舌兰酒的技巧。参观结束后,店里也没有强制我买任何东西,但我玩得很开心,部分原因是我喝得酩酊大醉,于是我买了一瓶高级龙舌兰酒作为纪念品。