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  <title><![CDATA[Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History]]></title>
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  <default_description>The leading agronomist in Mexico's tequila industry and one of America's most respected ethnobotanists plumb the myth of tequila as they introduce the natural history, economics, and cultural significance of the plants cultivated for its production. Valenzuela-Zapata and Nabhan take readers into the agave fields of Mexico to convey their passion for the century plant and its popular by-product, trace tequila's progress from its modest beginnings to one of the world's favored spirits, and tell how innovations from cross-cultural exchanges made fortunes for Cuervo and other distillers.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was not a riveting book, but it was interesting in parts. I think readers may learn a thing or two about how tequila and mescal (remember, all tequila is a mescal, but not all mescal is tequila) are made and the very proud history of the product. This is written by botanists and agronomists, so t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61207392">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was a great resource for some heavy research on tequila and soil. It's not for beginners at all, and there is nothing in it about how tequila tastes  or recipes or anything like that- more of a technical book with a focus on monoculture in tequila production. To that end, it was great. ]]></body>
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