It’s that time of the year. Time to be thankful for the year behind us, and hopeful for the year to come. So why not celebrate with Casa Dragones Sipping Tequila, the most elegant way to ring in the New Year. Find out where to toast to 2015 at a bar or restaurant near you. Or bring the World’s #1 Sipping Tequila to your New Year’s party by contacting our Concierge to order. Our Concierge is available to coordinate all your gifting needs this season.
Serve the #1 holiday cocktail at your party or dinner this season. Elegant and refreshing, the Pink Panther is crafted with Casa Dragones Blanco Tequila by renowned chef Enrique Olvera and James Beard Award-winning mixologist Jim Meehan. This delicious cocktail was also selected by Oprah as one of her Favorite Things for 2014. To make your Pink Panther cocktails, get the signature craft cocktail recipe right here.
Contact our Concierge to order Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco. We will personally coordinate all your gifting needs this holiday season. Salud!
This holiday, give the perfect gift of Tequila Casa Dragones Special Edition Holiday Gift Set to discerning friends and family. This Special Edition Gift Set includes two-hand-engraved Riedel tequila glasses, as well as a limited edition bottle of Casa Dragones Joven Sipping Tequila. Personalization is also available.
Make a unique statement with this one-of-a-kind gift and order online here. Or simply contact our Concierge, who can personally coordinate all your gifting needs this holiday season.
Casa Dragones joined artists, celebrities and art patrons at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach for the fourth year in a row. Amidst the late night revelry and daytime art lectures, Casa Dragones hosted elegant events for VIPs and collectors.
The Art Production Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to commissioning and producing ambitious public art projects, reaching new audiences and expanding awareness through contemporary art.
On Thursday, Casa Dragones joined Dr. Kira and Neil Flanzraich of the Tate Americas Foundation to host over 100 guests at the W Hotel in celebration of Art Basel and Tate Americas Foundation. Casa Dragones Joven was served at an elegant blue bar to guests including Bruce Weber, Colin Cowie, and Christen and Derek Wilson.
With the holiday season in full swing, make sure you bring what Epicurious calls, “The Best Blanco Tequila” to your next holiday party.
Served neat or on the rocks, Casa Dragones Blanco, un-aged 100% blue agave silver tequila, makes a statement about your good taste. Find out where to buy here.
Hosting your own holiday party? Entertain the possibilities by crafting your own signature cocktails with Casa Dragones Blanco, designed by some of the country’s most famous mixologists.
While many will be bringing wine to this week’s celebrations, show your excellent taste by bringing Casa Dragones Joven, a unique centerpiece for your elegant Thanksgiving dinner party.
For your host who appreciates handcrafted quality, Casa Dragones Joven comes in a beautiful crystal decanter, which is hand-engraved by Mexican artisans. Each limited edition bottle is signed and numbered by hand. So no two bottles are ever the same.
Find out where to buy your unique Thanksgiving gift right here. Or simply contact our Concierge, who can personally handle all your gifting needs this holiday season.
Kurimanzutto, considered by many as Mexico City’s premier art gallery, has been one of the most influential players in Mexico’s contemporary art scene for the past 15 years. This November, in honor of Kurimanzutto’s 15-year anniversary, Kurimanzutto founders Gabriel Kuri and Monica Manzutto hosted an intimate dinner and cocktail party for close friends, artists and contemporary art lovers, held inside the beautiful gallery itself.
To toast to this wonderful night, Casa Dragones Joven was served after the stunning dinner created by Chef Elena Reygadas of Mexico City’s renowned Rosetta Restaurant. Later in the night, guests enjoyed Casa Dragones Blanco signature craft cocktails:The Mecxi Dragones by Ricardo Sandoval and The Pink Panther by Enrique Olvera and Jim Meehan.
Guests and artists included Gabriel Orozco, Damian Ortega and Dr. Lakra, Adrian Villar Rojas, Danh Vo, Gabriel Sierra, Rafael Micha, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Rosario Nadal.
Casa Dragones joined guests Sofia Coppola, Naomi Campbell, Luke Wilson, Martha Stewart, Rainer Judd, Lauren Santo Domingo, Andres Santo Domingo, Reed Krakoff and Co-Founders Fairfax Dorn and Virginia Liebermann for the annual Ballroom Marfa New York Benefit Gala, held in the incredible Prince George Ballroom in New York City.
A benefit auction featuring the works of Maryam Amiryani, Rashid Johnson, Sam Falls, Sue Williams, Dana Shutz, Aaron Curry and many more, was held to support Ballroom Marfa’s innovative programming, securing essential support for the future, and continuing the mission of creating and sharing groundbreaking art and culture locally, nationally and internationally.
Casa Dragones Joven was poured for a special toast to the organizers during dinner. For the cocktail lovers, bartender Frank Stilo crafted the Marfa, My Dear exclusively for the event, made with Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco, pomegranate juice, fresh lime juice, agave nectar and simple syrup.
Graham Reynolds and his 11-piece band, performed the first installment in The Marfa Triptych: The Country & Western Big Band Suite.
This Thanksgiving, bring your host a gift that underscores your good taste with Tequila Casa Dragones Joven, dubbed “The Tastemakers’ Top Tequila”, by Forbes, or Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco, voted #1 Blanco Tequila by Epicurious, and named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for 2014. Tequila Casa Dragones makes a memorable gift, and a stunning addition to any table setting.
Our Concierge is also available to personally coordinate all your gifting needs this holiday season.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Start your holiday shopping with Oprah’s favorite tequila, Casa Dragones Blanco, hand-picked by Oprah herself for her famous annual list of holiday gifts.
In the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah writes, “I’m a big fan of Casa Dragones Sipping Tequila, and now a more affordable, cocktail-ready version has arrived. This 100 percent pure blue agave silver tequila is dangerously smooth, especially in my new favorite drinks, the White Dragon and the Pink Panther.”
Make Oprah’s favorite cocktails, the White Dragon and the Pink Panther at home with Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco. Order Casa Dragones Blanco online here. Or, get free shipping now when you purchase 3 bottles or more at Crush Wine & Spirits, or at Mel & Rose.
Our Concierge is also available to personally coordinate all your gifting needs this holiday season.
Día de los Muertos is a rich and joyous event that dates back over 4,000 years. This Mexican tradition honors loved ones combining feasting, dancing and vigils to remember and celebrate those who have passed on.
While the U.S. will be celebrating Halloween this weekend, our hometown of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico will be hosting La Calaca, a 4-day festival of arts and culture celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day Of the Dead). Highlights of the festival will include a visual homage to the Día de los Muertos by artist Spencer Tunick, a 2 and 3-D art exhibition by various artists and a harp concert by international performing artist Andrea Brook.
Celebrate the beauty and mystery of this holiday and toast to Mexican heritage with Tequila Casa Dragones.
The secret is out – as tastemakers continue to discover everything Mexico has to offer, Mexico City is becoming the world’s next ‘it’ destination.
Vogue calls Mexico City “The Coolest Megalopolis in the World.” Next time you visit Mexico City, sip Casa Dragones alongside elegant pairings at some of our favorite locations – Roma’s Contramar, Enrique Olvera’s Pujol, Puebla 109, and Melody Nelson. We also recommend Dulce Patria, Rosetta, and Chapulin.
See more pairings from top Mexico City restaurants, and discover where you can enjoy Casa Dragones in Mexico City.
Casa Dragones joined art patrons for the 15th Anniversary Benefit Auction for Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, a national nonprofit that provides artists with unrestricted, merit-based support and fosters connections to a network of opportunities.
Held at the home of Karen and Dennis Mehiel in New York City, guests sipped Tequila Casa Dragones Joven while bidding in a live auction with Sotheby’s auctioneer Gabriela Palmieri featuring works by Cindy Sherman, Bosco Sodi, Luis Gispert, Máximo González and more.
Celebrate the changing of the leaves with new Casa Dragones Blanco craft cocktails, and make this season’s entertaining even more inspired. Try the Red Dragon, garnished with a cinnamon stick, created by Eder Reyes “Soldado” from Mexico City’s Biergarten. Or the Chai House, a spicy cocktail with ginger, cardamom and chai foam created by top Mexican bartender Cesar Ponce “Burrin”.
This year marked the 2nd annual fundraising event for High Line Art, celebrating Friends of the High Line’s commitment to expanding the role of contemporary art in the life of public spaces and pushing the limits of what public art can be.
Curated by Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator & Director of High Line Art, and produced by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art invites artists to think of creative ways to engage with the uniqueness of the architecture, history, and design of the High Line.
The team behind San Miguel de Allende’s renowned Hotel Matilda takes its vision to Playa del Carmen with the newly-opened Hotel Cacao in beautiful Playa del Carmen.
Casa Dragones joined guests Spook and Grey Stream, Cornerstone Co-founder Bruce James, Diego Hernandez Baquedano, and Lorenzo Ruiz to celebrate the hotel’s opening with a refreshing cucumber cocktail made with Casa Dragones Blanco.
Immersing in the hotel’s casual “hippie chic” style, guests can relax at the rooftop bar, with breathtaking views of the Caribbean, sipping Casa Dragones alongside authentic Mexican dishes from Chef Alejandro Cuatepotzo.
To kick off Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations, Casa Dragones once again joined the “Cabalgata Histórica,” one of the most unique and picturesque events in Mexico.
Beginning in Queretero and ending in San Miguel de Allende, The “Cabalgata Histórica” is a historic horseback ride commemorating the moment that Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence, informed Miguel Hidalgo, Juan Aldama, and Ignacio Allende, captain of the Dragones of San Miguel, that their plans to start the movement of independence had been discovered.
Soon after, Allende, Aldama, Hidalgo and the Dragones rode on this historic path to Dolores to officially start the war of Independence with “El Grito de Independencia.”
Casa Dragones is inspired by the independent spirit of the legendary Dragones of San Miguel de Allende, paying homage to Mexican Independence Day with the “16” on each of our bottles. Learn more about the history of Casa Dragones in San Miguel de Allende here.
Tequila Casa Dragones is inspired by the independent spirit of the Dragones from San Miguel de Allende. This elite cavalry, led by General Ignacio Allende, sparked Mexico’s independence movement. This September 15th, on Mexico’s Independence Day, celebrate your spirit of independence with Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco, rated the #1 Blanco tequila by Epicurious. Discover the San Miguel, Mecxi Dragones and the White Dragon, three original cocktails crafted in honor of Mexico’s Independence Day.
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® is the nation’s premier culinary benefit, featuring top chefs and mixologists — all of whom are coming together to donate their time, talent and passion to end childhood hunger in America.
For the fourth year in a row, Casa Dragones hosted what has become known as the premier closing party of the Aspen Food & Wine Classic. This year, the culinary industry’s finest joined together in celebration of the first batch of Casa Dragones Blanco at the Dancing Bear Rooftop and danced the night away to a spectacular set by DJ Rawdon.
Mixologist Jim Meehan of PDT and Sean Kenyon ofWilliams & Graham commanded the bar, crafting three signature Casa Dragones Blanco cocktails: La Sandía Picante, La Batanga Alpino, and the San Miguel. Notable guests included chefs Marcus Samuelsson (Red Rooster, Harlem), Michael Chiarello (Coqueta, SF), Scott Conant (Scarpetta), Jonathan Waxman (Barbuto, NY), Ming Tsai (host of East Meets West on the Food Network), George Mendes (Aldea, NY), Curtis Stone (Maude, LA), Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Chicago), and beverage luminaries such as mixologist Dave Arnold (Booker & Dax, NY).
As a special treat, guests also enjoyed an exceptional selection of oysters, hand-selected to be paired with Casa Dragones Joven Sipping Tequila by Chef Adam Christopher Norwig of Aspen’s Caribou Club.
You can also check out the photo booth pictures here and the Facebook album here. Let the countdown to next year begin!
It’s only fitting that the late artist Cy Twombly’s first exhibit in Latin America be showcased inside Mexico City’s Museo Jumex, Latin America’s largest private collection of contemporary art.
Organized by Fundación Jumex and curated by Julie Sylvester and Philip Larratt-Smith, Cy Twombly: Paradise is a comprehensive exhibition of more than sixty of Twombly’s works from 1951 to 2011, including several pieces that will be displayed for the first time.
A warm, New York summer night became the ideal backdrop for our second jamming session celebrating the first batch of Casa Dragones Blanco hosted by Co-Founders Bertha González Nieves and Bob Pittman aboard the Freedom Yacht. Restored to perfection, the sister ship of the U.S.S. Sequoia Presidential Yacht is an elegant 1930’s yacht that shares our passion for craftsmanship.
Taking inspiration from musical jamming sessions, world class chefs and bartenders were teamed up to create spontaneous cocktails, using one constant ingredient: Casa Dragones Blanco. Inspired by its refined taste and crisp notes, the teams crafted innovative cocktails using fresh, seasonal produce and specialty ingredients.
Pioneers in molecular gastronomy; Mexico’s Chef Enrique Olvera of the restaurant Pujol and mixologist Dave Arnold of Booker & Dax took to the bar to craft the Cilantro Margarita; a new take on the traditional cocktail, with an innovative twist using liquid nitrogen.
Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo from New York’s restaurant Frankies Spuntino and Sasha Petraske from Milk & Honey teamed up to craft the Freedom Charter, a cocktail using muddled nectarines complimented by lime juice and Aleppo pepper.
James Beard Award winner and mastermind of Please Don’t Tell (PDT), Jim Meehan joined Chef Jamie Bissonnette from Coppa to take on the traditional Rebujito, elevating it with a made on-site lemon balm syrup and sherry.
The atmosphere on board was electrifying and filled with creativity and inspiration. Guests partied into the night and enjoyed these new and unique Casa Dragones Blanco cocktails.
How can you make the #1 City in the World even better? Just add art.
Renowned street artists let loose, creating one-of-a-kind artworks along the cobblestone streets our historic hometown, featuring a larger than life mural from Eduardo Kobra, visible for a limited time only.
Casa Dragones Co-Founder Bertha González Nieves hosted an intimate gathering in New York City to debut Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco to friends and family.
Bertha and Co-Founder Bob Pittman took the floor to share the story of Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco, and the evolution, while P.D.T. Owner Jim Meehan mixed his signature White Dragon, Michelada Primaverde, and San Miguel cocktails.
The First Edition of Casa Dragones Blanco, a special release of the first batches produced in 2014 is now available for pre-order. To pre-order a bottle, email preorder@casadragones.com.
Jim Meehan of PDT, a previous James Beard Outsanding Bar Program award winner mixed two signature Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco cocktails: the White Dragon and the San Miguel for guests including Jonathan Waxman,, Leo Robitschek, Beverage Director of the Outstanding Bar Program winner The NoMad Hotel, Ford Fry and others.
Later in the evening, nominees and winners celebrated with Tequila Casa Dragones, including Best Chef New York City April Bloomfield ofThe Spotted Pig, Chefs David Chang, Rich Torrisi, Mario Carbone at ACME, and the staff of the Bar at the NoMad Hotel, who received the award for Outstanding Bar Program.
The 5th of May, or Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Though a national holiday in Mexico, larger celebrations are usually reserved for the more momentous occasion of September 16th, Mexican Independence Day.
In the U.S., Cinco de Mayo marks one of the most important days of the year to celebrate Mexican culture. This year, celebrate Cinco de Mayo the authentically Mexican way, with a glass of Tequila Casa Dragones Joven, for an elegant toast to Mexican pride and heritage. Find Tequila Casa Dragones at a store near you.
Though not yet available in stores, Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco is already making a splash with top bartenders, tastemakers, and press.
Departures calls Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco “Nothing less than transcendent—a luminescent, crystal-clear tequila with an aroma of green apple, grapefruit, honeydew and fresh herbs.”
Our First Edition, a special release of the first batches produced in 2014 is now available for pre-order. To pre-order a First Edition bottle, contact preorder@casadragones.com.
This year, Casa Dragones will be toasting to Cinco de Mayo with the most discerning palates in the industry at the celebrated2014 James Beard Awards, arguably the most important event in the American culinary world. Awards include Best Chef, Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Restauranteur, Outstanding Chef and Rising Star Chef of the Year.
Follow us on Instagam and Twitter @casadragones for live updates from inside the James Beard Awards Gala on May 5th at Lincoln Center in New York.
