THE MYTH:
THE TRUTH:
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| The first tequila distillery was founded by the Spanish conquistadors. | The first tequila distillery was the vision of Don Pedro Sanchez de Tagle, Marquis of Altamira, who fired it up in 1600, about 75 years after the arrival of the conqistadors. He planted mezcal, not agave, to produce his version of tequila. |