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"De
Sonora" Bacanora's mission statement
is the bottling and distribution of bacanora,
bringing it to all those who enjoy this drink.
Our products are available on the local market
as well as for export.
We have over fifty years' experience shipping high quality
products abroad.
The company was founded in 1950 by Don Lorenzo
Garibaldi Castro, who worked mainly in the
retail of Victoria® brand ethilic alcohol as well
as brandies from Bacatete and Corona del Pacifico.
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Hacienda
San Marcos |
Back then, distillation, retail and distribution of
bacanora was illegal. However, Don
Lorenzo was already buying up bacanora production
from the vinateros in the sierra. He would pay up-front
for future production and provide vinateros with assistance
and monetary support for the harvest of seed. He built
a greenhouse where the plant was grown to a size appropriate
for planting in soil in order to raise the number of
maguey plants in the summer pastures of the sierra
of Sonora. Don
Lorenzo always kept his hopes that the distillation
of bacanora would someday be legalized. He dreamed
of one day being the first bottling company to bring
a legal bacanora brand to the national and international
markets, to much pride of Sonorans.
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Don
Lorenzo was the driving force in
the bacanora project, performing several
feasibility and market studies from the vinatero
to the State Government with legalization
in mind. In the late 70's and early 80's
Don Lorenzo created a maguey plantation at
the Hacienda
San Marcos y Las Palomas,
Ures County, Sonora, a county now protected
by the Bacanora denomination bill. He awaited
the future legalization of bacanora so that
he would be ready to release his brand name "De
Sonora". We are
proud to claim De Sonora as the world's first
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Don
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On November 26, 1991, Don Lorenzo died.
Just four months later, in March 1992, the production,
bottling and distribution of bacanora was legalized.
Today, his family is making his dream a reality by
integrating the whole process, from harvesting the
seed, planting and care, up to transplantation, distillation
and bottling of a quality product fit for the most
demanding liquor enthusiasts. Available in Blanco and
Reposado varieties they boast the world's first legal
bacanora brand: "De
Sonora".
The company curently aids local producers by buying their best bacanora, thus reinforcing the activity and keeping the tradition alive, a tradition handed down by vinateros from generation to generation.
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