Bacanora
Encyclopedia
Other uses: the town of Bacanora, Sonora
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Bacanora is an agave
-derived liquor made in the Mexican state of Sonora
. Its origins are pre-colonial
.
The distillation
of Bacanora was illegal until 1992, being bootleg
ged by vinateros for many generations. Since 2000 Bacanora has been issued with an origin denomination bill by the Mexican government. This means that only mezcal
produced by the agave variety grown in the Sonora municipalities
of Bacanora
, Sahuaripa
, Arivechi
, Soyopa
, San Javier
, Cumpas
, Moctezuma
, San Pedro de la Cueva
, Tepache
, Divisaderos
, Granados
, Huásabas
, Villa Hidalgo
, Bacadéhuachi
, Nácori Chico
, Huachinera
, Villa Pesqueira
, Aconchi
, San Felipe de Jesús, Huépac
, Banámichi
, Rayón
, Baviácora
, Opodepe
, Arizpe
, Rosario de Tesopaco
, Quiriego
, Suaqui Grande
, Onavas
, Yécora
, Álamos
, San Miguel de Horcasitas
, Ures
, and La Colorada
can legally be called Bacanora.
December 11, 2010, El Imparcial Newspaper of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, reported a convocation of bacanora producers, including the attendance of the Sonora Governor, Guillermo Padrés Elias. With 5 million agaves under cultivation, this first bacanora congress encouraged the production of quality bacanora. The Director of the Consejo Regulacion del Bacanora, Sr. Luis Raul Siller, awarded Casa Tetakawi S.A. de C.V. with the Merit of 'commercialization', obtained by Adriana Torres de la Huerta, by placing the drink in restaurants and supermarkets. Also awarded 'Bacanora Cielo Rojo' (Red Sky) with the Merit of being 'export quality'. Produced by the Roberto Contreras Mayor family, 'Bacanora Cielo Rojo' is one of the first bacanora available in the U.S., and is being imported by Pueblo Partners Trading Co. (www.pueblopartners.com).
Bacanora, Sonora
Bacanora is a small town in Bacanora Municipality in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at the geographical coordinates of .-Area and population:...
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Bacanora is an agave
Agave
Agave is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies ; they are commonly known as the century plant....
-derived liquor made in the Mexican state of Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
. Its origins are pre-colonial
Pre-Columbian
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
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The distillation
Distillation
Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction....
of Bacanora was illegal until 1992, being bootleg
Moonshine
Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...
ged by vinateros for many generations. Since 2000 Bacanora has been issued with an origin denomination bill by the Mexican government. This means that only mezcal
Mezcal
Mezcal, or mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant native to Mexico. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl metl and ixcalli which mean 'oven cooked agave.'...
produced by the agave variety grown in the Sonora municipalities
Municipalities of Sonora
The Mexican state of Sonorais divided into 72 municipalities:...
of Bacanora
Bacanora, Sonora
Bacanora is a small town in Bacanora Municipality in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at the geographical coordinates of .-Area and population:...
, Sahuaripa
Sahuaripa
Sahuaripa is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. The area is 5,694.4 km². with a population of 5,792 in 2005. The town and municipal seat had a population of 3,807 in 2000.-Location:...
, Arivechi
Arivechi
Arivechi is both a town and a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located in the east of Sonora at 28°55'"N 109°11'"W , at an elevation of 556 meters. It has boundaries in the north, east, and south with the municipality of Sahuaripa and in the west with Bacanora...
, Soyopa
Soyopa
Soyopa is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The elevation is 350 meters. The municipal area is 846.33 km2...
, San Javier
San Javier
San Javier, a Spanish language reference to Saint Francis Xavier, is sometimes used as a toponym in parts of the world where that tongue is spoken:-*San Javier, Santa Fe*San Javier Department, Córdoba*San Javier Department, Misiones...
, Cumpas
Cumpas
Cumpas is both a municipality and the municipal seat of the same in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and Population:The area of the municipality is 2,013.50 km2., which represents 1.09% of the state total and 0.10 % of the national total. The most important settlements, besides...
, Moctezuma
Moctezuma, Sonora
Moctezuma is a municipio of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the state's central region. It is also the name of its largest settlement and cabecera municipal .-Area and Population:...
, San Pedro de la Cueva
San Pedro de la Cueva
San Pedro de la Cueva is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located in the center of the state at an elevation of 500 meters. The municipal area is 1,926.36 km2...
, Tepache
Tepache
The tepache is a drink made out of the flesh and rind of the pineapple, sweetened with brown sugar and cinnamon and sometimes beer. Tepache does not have a high quantity of alcohol, since it is left to ferment for only about three days. The alcohol comes mostly from the addition of a small amount...
, Divisaderos
Divisaderos
Divisaderos is both a municipality and its municipal seat in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at , about 20 mi/30 km SE of Moctezuma. Access is by unpaved road to Moctezuma and Sahuaripa. The area of the municipality is 617.69 km2. and the population was 681...
, Granados
Granados, Sonora
Granados is a municipality and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 361.27 km2. and the population was 1,235 in 2000 Granados is a municipality and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is...
, Huásabas
Huásabas
Huásabas is a municipality and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 711.17 km² with a population of 966 registered in 2000. Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal seat....
, Villa Hidalgo
Villa Hidalgo, Sonora
Villa Hidalgo is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora.It was founded by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río in 1644 as Oputo...
, Bacadéhuachi
Bacadéhuachi
Bacadéhuachi is a village and municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is 269 kilometers northeast of the state capital, Hermosillo.-Area and Population:...
, Nácori Chico
Nácori Chico
Nácori Chico is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and Population:The municipal area is 2,748.67 km² with a population of 2,236 registered in 2000. The municipal seat had a population of 999 in 2000...
, Huachinera
Huachinera
Huachinera is a municipality and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 1,184.86 km², with a population of 1,147 registered in 2000. The population of the municipal seat was 732 in 2000....
, Villa Pesqueira
Villa Pesqueira
Villa Pesqueira is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the central region of the Mexican state of Sonora.It was founded in 1629 by the missionary Martín de Azpilcueta as Mátapa...
, Aconchi
Aconchi
Aconchi is a small city and the municipality that surrounds it, located in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora. The population of the municipality was 2,452 in 2005 in an area of 358.74 square kilometers...
, San Felipe de Jesús, Huépac
Huépac
Huepac is a municipality and a municipal seat in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 317.37 km² with a population of 1,142 registered in 2000. Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal seat....
, Banámichi
Banámichi
Banámichi is both a small town and a municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. Geographical coordinates are .-Area and Population:...
, Rayón
Rayón, Sonora
Rayón is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora at a distance of 110 kilometers from the state capital Hermosillo-Area and Population:...
, Baviácora
Baviácora
Baviácora is a small town and the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of the Mexican state of Sonora. The geographical coordinates are .-Location and Boundaries:...
, Opodepe
Opodepe
Opodepe is a municipality and a municipal seat in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 2,804.25 km² with a population of 2,842 registered in 2000. The main settlement and the municipal seat had a population of 346 in 2000...
, Arizpe
Arizpe
Arizpe is a small town in Arizpe Municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at 30°20'"N 110°09'"W. The area of the municipality is 2,806.78 sq.km. The population in 2005 was 2,959 of which 1,743 lived in the municipal seat as of the 2000 census.-History and origin...
, Rosario de Tesopaco
Rosario de Tesopaco
Rosario de Tesopaco is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and Population:...
, Quiriego
Quiriego
Quiriego is a small town and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and population:The municipal area is 2,705.72 km². The municipal population counted in 2005 was 3,335. The population of the main settlement and municipal seat was 994 in 2000. The municipal...
, Suaqui Grande
Suaqui Grande
Suaqui Grande is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. It was founded in 1620 by the missionary Martín Burgencio.The municipal area is 889.28 km2...
, Onavas
Onavas
Onavas is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and Population:The municipal area is 529.48 km² with a population of 479 registered in 2000. Most of this population lives in the small municipal seat. It is located at an elevation of...
, Yécora
Yécora, Sonora
Yécora is a small town, and its surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Sonora, located at Latitude = 28.3710, Longitude = -108.9269 with an elevation of 5,173 feet...
, Álamos
Álamos
The town and municipality of Álamos in the Mexican state of Sonora was founded in the late 17th century following discoveries of silver in the region. It was named by the conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, and became the capital of the surrounding region...
, San Miguel de Horcasitas
San Miguel de Horcasitas
San Miguel de Horcasitas is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Sonora. San Miguel is located in the center of the state at an elevation of 518 meters. The municipal area is 1,768.45 km2. and the population was 5,626 in 2000.The settlement was...
, Ures
Ures
Ures is a small city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area:It has an area of 2,618.56 square kilometers. This is 1.41% of the total area of the state, and 0.13 percent of the national area of Mexico...
, and La Colorada
La Colorada
La Colorada is a small town and municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. In 2005, the population of the municipality was 1,754, with 288 living in the municipal seat. Formerly known as Minas Prietas, La Colorada became a municipality on June 28, 1934. As an important mining camp in Mexico,...
can legally be called Bacanora.
December 11, 2010, El Imparcial Newspaper of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, reported a convocation of bacanora producers, including the attendance of the Sonora Governor, Guillermo Padrés Elias. With 5 million agaves under cultivation, this first bacanora congress encouraged the production of quality bacanora. The Director of the Consejo Regulacion del Bacanora, Sr. Luis Raul Siller, awarded Casa Tetakawi S.A. de C.V. with the Merit of 'commercialization', obtained by Adriana Torres de la Huerta, by placing the drink in restaurants and supermarkets. Also awarded 'Bacanora Cielo Rojo' (Red Sky) with the Merit of being 'export quality'. Produced by the Roberto Contreras Mayor family, 'Bacanora Cielo Rojo' is one of the first bacanora available in the U.S., and is being imported by Pueblo Partners Trading Co. (www.pueblopartners.com).
See also
- AguardienteAguardienteAguardiente , aiguardent , aguardente , and augardente are generic terms for alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume...
- PulquePulquePulque, or octli, is a milk-colored, somewhat viscous alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant, and is a traditional native beverage of Mexico. The drink’s history extends far back into the Mesoamerican period, when it was considered sacred, and its use was limited to...
- TequilaTequilaTequila is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco....
- Mexican wineMexican wineMexican wine and wine making began with the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, when they brought vines from Europe to modern day Mexico, the oldest wine-growing region in the Americas...
- Mexican beerMexican beerBeer in Mexico has a long history. While Mesoamerican cultures knew of fermented alcoholic beverages, including a corn beer, long before the Spanish conquest, European style beer brewed with barley was introduced with the Spanish soon after Hernán Cortés’ arrival...
- Mexican cuisineMexican cuisineMexican cuisine, a style of food that originates in Mexico, is known for its varied flavors, colourful decoration and variety of spices and ingredients, most of which are native to the country. The cuisine of Mexico has evolved through thousands of years of blending indigenous cultures, with later...
External links
- Bacanora Brands Bacanora brands.