Comisión para la Industria de Vinos y Licores México
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From tequila in Jalisco to mezcal in Oaxaca,

to sotol in Chihuahua, bacanora in Sonora, and charanda in Michoacán.

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Sonora

SONORA 

The only state with bacanora production (DO)

  • Bacanora has a Designation of Origin (DO),  and is a fermented beverage distilled from tatemado agave. It is used in rituals and celebrations by the Opata indigenous communities living in the sierra of Sonora.

SINALOA

SINALOA 

Currently producing:

  • Lechuguilla agave distillate

  • Mezcal

CHIHUAHUA

CHIHUAHUA
 

Currently producing:

  • Wine

  • Sotol

  • Cognac

  • Brandy
COAHUILA

COAHUILA
 

Currently producing:

  • Quince liqueur
  • Apple liqueur
  • Pomegranate liqueur
  • Wine
  • Cider
  • Sotol
BAJA CALIFORNIA

BAJA CALIFORNIA 

Currently producing:

  • Wine

  • Date distillate
BAJA CALIFORNIA sur

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR 

Currently producing:

  • Table wine

  • Damiana liqueur
Campeche

CAMPECHE 

Currently producing:

  • Mead is a liquor with roots in Mayan culture.
  • Balché, a sacred wine produced from the bark of the Balché tree.
  • Xtabentún, a liqueur of Mayan origin produced from honey from bees fed with the flower of that name (not currently being produced).

Products associated with wine pairing and consumption:

    • Cheeses
    • Chocolate
Chiapas

CHIAPAS  

Currently producing:

  • Pox or Posh corn liquor of Mayan origin.

  • Exotic fruit wines.

  • Comiteco is a mead distillate. 

Colima

COLIMA  

Currently producing:

  • Zanate Mezcal
  • Fruit punches
  • Rum made from sugarcane from the Colima sugar mills in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc.
  • Craft beer
Durango

DURANGO

Medalla
2nd Mezcal Producer
  • Mezcal, Designation of Origin (DO)
  • Sotol, Designation of Origin (DO)
  • Corn-based whiskey
State of mx

STATE OF MEXICO  

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal 
  • Agave distillery (whiskey)
Guanajuato

GUANAJUATO  

Currently producing:

  • Tequila with Designation of Origin (DO) in the municipalities of Abasolo, Cuerámaro, Huanímaro, Manuel Doblado, Pénjamo, Romita and San Francisco del Rincón
  • Mezcal with Designation of Origin (DO) in the municipalities of San Luis de la Paz and San Felipe.
  • Wine
Aguascalientes

AGUASCALIENTES  

Designations of Origin (DO):

  • Mezcal
  • Wine
  • Brandy
  • Guava liqueur
Guerrero

GUERRERO  

Medalla
3rd Mezcal Producer
  • Artisanal mezcal in the central, northern, low mountain, tierra caliente and coastal areas of the state.
  • Abocados: mezcal flavored with an insect, fruit or herb inside the bottle, such as coconut, mango and damiana.
Mich

MICHOACÁN 

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal promoted mainly through the Society of Mezcal Masters and Producers.

Products associated with the pairing of local distillates with Designations of Origin (DO)

  • Habanero chili
  • Chocolate
JALISCO

JALISCO 

Currently producing:

  • Tequila (DO)
  • Raicilla
  • Wine
Morelos

MORELOS 

Currently producing:

  • Agave distillate (mezcal), produced in 30 municipalities in the state, 3 of which are indigenous, mainly for export in bulk to Europe.
Hidalgo

HIDALGO 

Currently producing:

  • Red and white wines
  • Pulque distillate
  • Apricot liqueur
  • Mesquite distillate
  • Mint cream
  • Ostrich egg rompope
  • Ciders
TLAXCALA

TLAXCALA 

Currently producing:

  • Aguamiel
  • Metzal
  • Pulque
MEXICO CITY

MEXICO CITY
 

Currently producing:

  • Agave distillate 
  • Pulque
nayarit

NAYARIT 

Currently cultivating: 

  • Agave on more than 30 thousand hectares, which is processed in the neighboring state of Jalisco.

NL

NUEVO LEÓN  

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal

The state is currently planting: 

  • Grapevines in 13 municipalities in the state, although without local processing.
TAMAULIPAS

TAMAULIPAS
 

Currently producing:

  • Tequila
  • Mezcal
  • Wine
oaxaca

OAXACA 

Medalla
1st Mezcal Producer

Currently producing: 

  • Mezcal with Designation of Origin (DO)

  • White corn whiskey
  • Gin with endemic Oaxacan flower essence
  • Rum
  • Mead
  • Craft beers
puebla

PUEBLA 

Currently producing: 

  • Mezcal
  • Fruit wines in the Sierra Norte and the Mixtec region.
Queretaro

QUERÉTARO 

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal
  • Wine

Services and products associated with wine pairing

  • Wine route, operating in nine of the 18 municipalities of the state, totaling 600 hectares of vineyards, 250 hotels and 5,000 rooms.
  • Artisan cheeses, 11 varieties.
Q roo

QUINTANA ROO 

Currently producing:

  • Xtabentún, a liqueur made with fermented honey from bees that feed on xtabentún flower and aniseed.
  • Wine, on a small scale.
  • Craft beers
YUCATÁN

YUCATÁN
 

Currently producing:

  • Xtabentún liqueur
  • Fruit wines
  • Habanero chili liqueur
  • Orange liqueur
  • Flower wine
  • Henequen liqueur
SLP

SAN LUÍS POTOSÍ 

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal
  • Craft beer
  • Wine
  • Jobito wine, made from wild yellow plum (jobo) crushed with aguardiente, sugar and piloncillo.
ZACATECAS

ZACATECAS 

Currently producing:

  • Mezcal
  • Wine
  • Colonche
  • Tequila
Tabasco

TABASCO 

Currently producing:

  • Cocoa liquor made from Cacao Grijalba, the state's Designation of Origin (DO), which is produced in three productive sub-regions: Chontalpa, Sierra and Centro.
  • Hibiscus liqueur
  • Coconut liqueur
  • Mead
  • Metzal is the pulp or vegetable tissue that results from the process of scraping the cajete of the maguey for the mead to emanate. The tradition is more than 400 years old in the regions of Hidalgo and Tlaxcala.
  • Canned pulque.
  • Whisky (local scale)
  • Rum (local scale)
  • Geneva (local stopover)
  • Brandy made from native corn.
Veracruz

VERACRUZ 

Currently producing:

  • Morita xiqueña, a typical drink from the municipality of Xico, based on blackberries and with a low percentage of alcohol.
  • Cañita, beverage obtained through the distillation of sugar cane.

✦ sources

CIVyL and Secretaries of Economic Development of the States.

Data:2024