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Taste the Tequila Not the Floor at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85745
December 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM | by juliana | 4 Comments

While we've been obsessing over some of the holiday cocktails hotels have been offering, we shouldn't neglect the year-round offerings of other resort. Especially when it comes to our favorite poison--Tequila.

The JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Ariz. has dedicated every afternoon to tequila.

Every afternoon, guests are invited for a complimentary tequila toast to the “Legend of Arriba, Abaja” 5:30 p.m at Salud, the resort’s indoor and outdoor bar overlooking the Tucson Mountain Park and pool.... In addition, in November, the resort started offering tequila tasting classes offered by two Academia Mexicana del Tequilas (AMT) Tequilier Ambassadeurs. There are only a handful of people in the United States with the AMT distinction.

Salud even hand-crafts a new infused tequila each week using fresh fruits, berries, spices and other exotic flavors. This hotel certainly knows that the way to win our hearts is to do it with tequila.

The Weekly Tequila Tasting will be offered for $25 per person. The price includes the tequila tasting, light appetizers, education and materials. The topic of each tasting will change weekly, focusing on various tequila houses, styles, regionality, aging, and more.

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  1. Jenna

    HotelChatter Member

    that photo

    needs a caption! is that an AIG corporate retreat?!?!? eh eh?
    December 23, 2008 at 11:57 AM
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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    how about?

    "one tequila, two tequlia, three tequlia, floor!" true story: i made out with a guy who wore that shirt when i was 20. but he had an australian accent. so it worked out.
    December 23, 2008 at 3:01 PM
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  1. 3GVL

    HotelChatter Member

    Please....

    Dear F&B Managers:
    Stop trying to push tequila on us guests.  First off, it tastes terrible and secondly, reminds us of spring break in Cancun circa 1987.  No matter how you spin it, we pretty much all hate tequila.  Unless your target audience at happy hour are all wearing sweatshirts with Greek lettering on it, just stop it with trying to make tequila cool.  Please just break out the cold Dos Equis and serve us that instead.  
    December 26, 2008 at 4:40 PM
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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    seriously?

    you don't like tequila? then we cannot be friends. i love tequila and actually tequila tastings are pretty fun to do. there are all sorts of different kinds of tequilas and tasting techniques, it's pretty interesting. you can do it without getting smashed too! but of course, getting smashed is part of the fun. and no, i did not wear greek letters in cancun in 1987.

    December 26, 2008 at 4:47 PM
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