Tequila is one of those beverages I've ritualistically avoided since teenagehood, having been the victim of a practical joke involving a shot glass, a blindfold and a worm way back when I used to go out to parties (sigh).
The only times I've ever managed to get the stuff pastmy lips since is when it's whizzed up with loads of lime and triple sec in the odd margarita.
But the other day I was given an opportunity to revisit tequila and there was not a lime, worm or pile of salt in sight. Just new on the market is Sauza Gold ($39), a brew that's been made by Mexico's Sauza family for more than 130 years.
Their tiny distillery in the town of Tequila is called "La Perserverancia", which reminds me of white churches, old Mexican gunfight films, senoritas and mariachi bands.
Instructions were to first mix a teaspoon of caster sugar with half a teaspoon of cinnamon to create cinnamon sugar, then lick it, sip a mouthful of Sauza Gold then bite into a wedge of fresh orange.
