La Altena Tequila

La Alteña literally translates as ‘lady from the highlands’, and you’ll find the Tequila distillery in the highlands of Los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico. Its story begins with Don Felipe Camarena, whose family had been producing Tequila for generations but their distillery was destroyed during the Mexican Revolution. Felipe began growing and selling agave, but eventually opened his own distillery in 1937: La Alteña. It’s still family-owned and uses traditional production techniques such as the tahona wheel and masonry ovens, while the crushed agave is mixed by foot in a barrel before being fermented and distilled. La Alteña produces Tequila for a number of well-known brands, including Tapatio and Ocho.