Don't tell me anything bad about Patron!

So with a few hours to kill, we're cruising the airport in Mexico City. I told Rod we should buy a bottle of Patron from here since we're in Mexico. So we go to the Duty Free store and there's a couple of workers greeting people, they immediately read my shirt out loud and made a comment saying they have better Tequila here. What??!! I pointed to my shirt and said, "This is Mexican."

According to the boys, they said Patron is from Las Vegas and it's an American tequila. They said Patron is really very good, but tequila from Mexico is better. Rod and I looked at each other, not knowing what to say - I know for me, I felt like a little kid who just found out there's no Santa (oops, sorry if there's any kids reading this who still believe in Santa - if so, cover your eyes!!)

The boys recommended a bottle that is similar in flavor and smoothness to Patron and at the same price so we decided to splurge and get a bottle to take home (anyone want to taste, come on over!). There was no Patron to be found in the store, so maybe it was true that it's American. Rod said he'd rather research himself before making any conclusion. Sure enough, I checked Wikipedia and it says that my Patron is manufactured in Mexico and imported to the United States exclusively by the Patron Spirits Company which is based in Las Vegas. (Thank god for the Internet.) So the boys were not exactly correct, but I'm still curious as to why they don't have Patron here.

Anywho - no me importa, Patron is still my favorite drink. You can't go wrong when you see how many smiles Patron has put on so many faces in Hawaii and in Chile!