Tequila Express Tequila Express The Tequila Express (or Tequila Train) is a Mexican regional train service that operates from Guadalajara, Jalisco, to the Tequila Herradura distillery at the San José del Refugio Hacienda in the municipality of Amatitán, Jalisco. Amatitán is approximately northwest of Guadalajara and southeast of the town of Tequila, Jalisco. The train service is so named because it features tequila tastings and transports its passengers through blue agave fields to the distillery in Amatitán and towards (but not into) the town of Tequila. The service began operating in 1997, concurrent with the elimination of general passenger rail service by
Tequila Herradura 1974 and the Extra Añejo Selección Suprema in 1995. Reposado is aged for eleven months in wood barrels. Selección Suprema is aged for 49 months in oak barrels. In 2012, the company redesigned the package of the Selección Suprema to reflect the traditional nature in which the extra aged tequila is made. Another important brand is el Jimador, launched in 1994 and named after those who harvest agave plants. el Jimador is 100% agave tequila. It is currently the best-selling tequila in Mexico with a twelve percent market share. New Mix is a canned tequila and grapefruit soda drink with