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Sources & attribution

Every factual claim in the Learn About Tequila section traces back to one of these official sources.

Educational content summarized from official Consejo Regulador del Tequila materials and NOM-006-SCFI-2012. Agave Atlas is an independent platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the CRT.

Primary sources

  • NOM-006-SCFI-2012 — Alcoholic Beverages — Tequila — Specifications
    Secretaría de Economía, Diario Oficial de la Federación, 2012
    Official source ↗
  • Consejo Regulador del Tequila — Educational Materials (Módulos I–V)
    Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT), 2020
    • Módulo I — Normatividad — Tequila regulations and standards.
    • Módulo II — Historia del Tequila — History and mythology of tequila.
    • Módulo III — El Agave — Agave cultivation and harvesting.
    • Módulo IV — Proceso de Elaboración del Tequila — Production process.
    • Módulo V — Guía de Catado — Tequila tasting guide.
    Official CRT website ↗

A note on visuals

Agave Atlas does not reproduce CRT logos, slide layouts, charts, or copyrighted photographs from the source materials. All diagrams and illustrations shown in the Learn section are original.

Independence

Agave Atlas is an independent editorial platform. It is not the CRT, does not issue regulatory certification, is not an official training program, and is not endorsed by the Consejo Regulador del Tequila.

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