
Among tequila aficionados, Casa Dragones looms large as much for its small-batch production of crystalline spirits as for its stylish brand HQ – a beautifully restored late 17th-century manse in San Miguel de Allende, which used to house the stables of the Dragones, the legendary cavalry that was a bulwark of Mexico’s fight for independence.
And it is at this curious intersection of brand, history and architecture that the Mexican label’s co-founder Bertha González Nieves, the first female Maestra Tequilera certified by the Academia Mexicana de Catadores de Tequila, cannily uses to spread the gospel of artisanal tequila.