Agave wine better than traditional tequila based margaritas. Weber blue agave plants, used for the creation of agave wine, take up to 10 years to mature before harvest. The process of making 100% de agave wine starts the same way as making tequila. Mature agave is harvested and cooked in large ovens to release sugars within the plant. The aguamiel or "honey water" is then extracted from the plant using crushing rollers called "molinas." The aguamiel is then fermented between 6-10% ABV. The next step is what differentiates agave wine from tequila; instead of taking and distilling the fermented aguamiel to make
Agave × arizonica also more cylindrical flowers. Its flowers are yellow, with 10-20 per cluster, each up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long. Agave × arizonica Agave" × "arizonica is a rare plant, endemic to Arizona. It is a hybrid between two species of "Agave" in the family Asparagaceae, "A. chrysantha" and "A. toumeyana" var. "bella". It was discovered in the 1960s near a summit of the New River Mountains, near the Maricopa-Yavapai county line north of Phoenix, Arizona. "Agave" × "arizonica" is a small plant about 30 cm high and 40 cm broad. Although similar to "Agave utahensis", it has distinct differences