Sunrise in Guadalajara. All photos by the author.
The road to Los Altos.
Agave of Los Altos.
Juan Ruelas, Jr. harvests agave for Cazadores at a farm near Arandas.
A jimador harvests the agave heart, or piña, in los altos.
Tequila in the making at the Cazadores distillery.
Cazadores' master distiller Jesus Susunaga.
Blue Weber Agave growing at Hacienda Patrón.
Patrón employees break down the agave hearts and load them into the brick ovens.
Brick ovens cook blue agave hearts, or piñas.
An employee follows the mechanized tahona crushing the agave to smithereens.