Agave Shortage Challenges Small Tequila Suppliers

Dear Client: As is the case with many other crops used to make alcoholic beverages, the supplies of blue agave used to make tequila have always been a roller coaster ride between shortage and oversupply. As the current demand for tequila increases, the agave industry is in the beginning stages of a shortage that has some small tequila producers worried. A HISTORY OF TEQUILA SUPPLIES: Some of you may recall the devastating agave shortage that stretched from the late 1990's