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I understand your dislike of Jose Cuervo and Las Vegas.
My first trip to Las Vegas I vividly remember walking out of a casino and seeing a severely dehydrated, handicapped panhandler outside the doorway with no arms and no legs and giving him my precious bucket of coins I managed to preserve from the cash vacuum inside the greedy, smokey casino and thinking of the decline of western civilization and that If there was a hell, than this must be it, as I walked away on unbearably hot sidewalk.

My perception has changed of both Las Vegas and tequila. As the Dude, Jeff Lebowski says: “new shit has come to light”.
I’ve found that you don’t have to drive far to get the same beauty, quiet and magic of the desert in places like Red Rock canyon and Valley Of Fire, or hiking in Boulder Canyon at dusk with the strip being a lovely glow in the backgound. Bryce Canyon, Zion, Moab, Canyonlands, Arches and Death Valley are all nearby.

And I’ve found Jose Cuervo Reserva De La Familia in blanco and extra anejo to be perhaps the finest spirit on the planet with nothing in common with that fake gold stuff that is passed off in dorm rooms and puke fest’s as tequila.
I usually prefer the blanco in good tequila because the taste is so appealing, the terra shines through, not wood.

Once a year (5 May of course!) we make one margarita with a few simple ingredients:
Jose Cuervo Reserva De La Familia extra anejo, fresh lime and agave nectar cut with water, (no Grand Marnier or any other sweetener so you can still taste the tequila). Perhaps a small straight shot in a wine glass and then it goes back in the cabinet. It cost over $100 but the cork goes right back on. I’ve had it for over 5 years, so you chuggers of that cheap syrupy gold crap and soon to be throbbing heads do the math, it is a lot cheaper in the long run with a nice sipping tequila.