We were thrilled to have Guiamo del Toro as our guest on the podcast this week. He was known as an Oscar winning director, but he's also a passionate producer of tequila and for the podcast, yes that I bring a few for us to taste.

We were thrilled to have Guiamo del Toro as our guest on the podcast this week. He was known as an Oscar winning director, but he's also a passionate producer of tequila and for the podcast, yes that I bring a few for us to taste.

Well, that's raight, this three, These three are good.

Well, that's raight, this three, These three are good.

No, I made I made a limited edition of ten thousand bottles extraordinary.

No, I made I made a limited edition of ten thousand bottles extraordinary.

But that's the one with.

But that's the one with.

Your incredible with the skull. And but it's sold out in three days.

Your incredible with the skull. And but it's sold out in three days.

Yeah, I tried to buy it. Can you just tell me and everybody else what is tequila? What is the definition of.

Yeah, I tried to buy it. Can you just tell me and everybody else what is tequila? What is the definition of.

Well, it needs to come from the region build like Champagne or Bordeaux, or it needs to come from the region of Tequila, which is which is a town in Kalisko, which is where I am from, you know. And the agave plant which takes so long to grow, you know, and you can harvest it. It takes so many years to harvest it. Not the field are very very large, and it's a very fraud industry, the magay industry, because the price goes incredibly off and incredibly down and there's a lot of fluctuation and then they cook what they call the pineapple, the heart of the plant, and they cook it in some places, like many of the brands that are now squeezing it forcefully, you know, they just cook it fast, cook it modern pressurize it.

Well, it needs to come from the region build like Champagne or Bordeaux, or it needs to come from the region of Tequila, which is which is a town in Kalisko, which is where I am from, you know. And the agave plant which takes so long to grow, you know, and you can harvest it. It takes so many years to harvest it. Not the field are very very large, and it's a very fraud industry, the magay industry, because the price goes incredibly off and incredibly down and there's a lot of fluctuation and then they cook what they call the pineapple, the heart of the plant, and they cook it in some places, like many of the brands that are now squeezing it forcefully, you know, they just cook it fast, cook it modern pressurize it.

Blah blah blah.

Blah blah blah.

But the really good tequila they cook it the same way with a traditional oven. They almost caramelize it, and they.

But the really good tequila they cook it the same way with a traditional oven. They almost caramelize it, and they.

Roast it and caramelized.

Roast it and caramelized.

Yeah. And then obviously they have to extract the juice from the plant.

Yeah. And then obviously they have to extract the juice from the plant.

The heart of the plant gives you that.

The heart of the plant gives you that.

And then it has to be aged and it takes quite a bit. And depending on how long they aged and in one type of would that gives the tequila characteristics.

And then it has to be aged and it takes quite a bit. And depending on how long they aged and in one type of would that gives the tequila characteristics.

So this is Fernando, Fernando, what do we serve in the River Cafe?

So this is Fernando, Fernando, what do we serve in the River Cafe?

When we serve all the Bonehulu range, the Blanco, the Ajo and the nineteen forty two and taco?

When we serve all the Bonehulu range, the Blanco, the Ajo and the nineteen forty two and taco?

Okay, so what do we what is that one guillero? This is actually the first time I'm seeing this bottle. I did some research. I like it. Yes, it's very woody, very very very woody.

Okay, so what do we what is that one guillero? This is actually the first time I'm seeing this bottle. I did some research. I like it. Yes, it's very woody, very very very woody.

So name the tequila? What is it called?

So name the tequila? What is it called?

Guillero?

Guillero?

Okay?

Okay?

So I found that this morning in my cab. The telegraph I think it was a telegraph of the Times did the questionnaire with me, and they said, what is your luxury? I said, well, I have two luxuries. One is going to museum when it's closed, because you have and the other luxury is tequila. So I didn't get many museums. But now when anybody comes to my house, they bring me tequila. And so I don't know if that was And I just found that this morning, and I have no idea who it came from, but you like it, and I know, I.

So I found that this morning in my cab. The telegraph I think it was a telegraph of the Times did the questionnaire with me, and they said, what is your luxury? I said, well, I have two luxuries. One is going to museum when it's closed, because you have and the other luxury is tequila. So I didn't get many museums. But now when anybody comes to my house, they bring me tequila. And so I don't know if that was And I just found that this morning, and I have no idea who it came from, but you like it, and I know, I.

Know, I don't know where it came from, but I know where it's going.

Know, I don't know where it came from, but I know where it's going.

Okay.

Okay.

And then there's dont Julio, do we have more classes? Yes, this one's Sharper.

And then there's dont Julio, do we have more classes? Yes, this one's Sharper.

So what is that one called, Julie, that's the when you asked me to get.

So what is that one called, Julie, that's the when you asked me to get.

Yeah, it's very nice. It's Sharper.

Yeah, it's very nice. It's Sharper.

I mean the other one is so woody, and you know it's oky and and really I wouldn't say sweet, but it's very rounded, very nice, don't Julio is a little Sharper, very very front a little more frontal, but very delicate.

I mean the other one is so woody, and you know it's oky and and really I wouldn't say sweet, but it's very rounded, very nice, don't Julio is a little Sharper, very very front a little more frontal, but very delicate.

It's so good. One way to start the day.

It's so good. One way to start the day.

No, it's just I'm halfway through it.

No, it's just I'm halfway through it.

No, that's this one and now this one, which is.

No, that's this one and now this one, which is.

It is owned by Bob Pittman, So you tell them this, s ister, Bob, Bob, So look.

It is owned by Bob Pittman, So you tell them this, s ister, Bob, Bob, So look.

My friend, let's try Bob. All right. It's very delicate, that's what.

My friend, let's try Bob. All right. It's very delicate, that's what.

And it's made with blue a gabby, you know, and that's if you don't mix a gabby.

And it's made with blue a gabby, you know, and that's if you don't mix a gabby.

That's very good. Nice.

That's very good. Nice.

Yeah, yeah, it's very very it's very delicate, very ephemeral. A lot of the killers that are just you know, tequila. The industry of alcohol is very similar in a way to the perfume industry. The brands that are very commercial, they spend more money and care on the bottle design than on what's inside. But the good brands, they try to do one type of a gabby. They try to for it to come from a certain part of the region where the earth is going to have a certain quality. Blah blah blah.

Yeah, yeah, it's very very it's very delicate, very ephemeral. A lot of the killers that are just you know, tequila. The industry of alcohol is very similar in a way to the perfume industry. The brands that are very commercial, they spend more money and care on the bottle design than on what's inside. But the good brands, they try to do one type of a gabby. They try to for it to come from a certain part of the region where the earth is going to have a certain quality. Blah blah blah.

It's as delicate as a grape. This is your luck right between this and Bob.

It's as delicate as a grape. This is your luck right between this and Bob.

Very good Bob and Don Julio, and you know, we're having a good day.

Very good Bob and Don Julio, and you know, we're having a good day.

You can listen to the full episode with Gamo del Toro, which is out now on Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts,

You can listen to the full episode with Gamo del Toro, which is out now on Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts,