Crazy for Tequila in San Miguel de Allende

As stated in yesterday's blog, I was invited by my friends, Bob and Veronique Pittman, to the quaint Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende, to celebrate the successful launch of Casa Dragones, their fabulous artisanal tequila. Casa Dragones is unlike any other tequila. Their Maestro Tequilero begins with the centuries-old art of tequila making using blue agave and modernizes it through an innovative process. The result is an extremely smooth tequila with a refined character and a soft finish – a true sipping tequila. Read more...

A Visit to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

On a recent excursion to Mexico, I visited the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende. Located in central Mexico, San Miguel de Allende was founded in 1542 by Father Juan de San Miguel, a Franciscan missionary who was born in Spain. Many heroes of the independence movement were born in this town, including General Ignacio Allende, Father Miguel Hidalgo, José Mariano Jiménez, and Juan Aldama. Read more...

Under the Spell of San Miguel de Allende

In 1937, after several months spent traveling through Mexico, a gangly, 27-year-old Chicago native named Stirling Dickinson, who had been somewhat at loose ends since graduating from Princeton, got off a train in San Miguel de Allende, an arid, down-on-its-luck mountain town 166 miles northwest of Mexico City. Read more...


Rachael's Surprise


After an almost 500-mile journey, the teams arrive in the beautiful town of San Miguel de Allende where Rachael joins them to deliver the shocking news: They are competing for $50,000!

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