Now, I'm not saying I never had a shot of it before then. And I haven't been a big tequila drinker for a lot of years. I really didn't even know how many there were, but there are tons. If you go to the tequila section of the store, there's so many labels. Honestly, there is a lot of tequila out there. I've been friends with these guys for a long time and drinking this tequila in Mexico. But I think, you know there's probably moonshines out there that are doing pretty well, but I think it was a fad thing for a lot of people.Īnd so the tequila. It was an opportunity to get involved with something that would be successful. George Strait: I actually thought that the moonshine thing would really go. This isn't your first involvement with a spirit company, right? And this isn't the first spirit company the country singer has backed: a moonshine company crashed after a promising start, as we'll hear from the man himself.ĭallas Observer: So I've been enjoying the tequila tonight, mostly the Añejo. So if Strait's tequila play doesn't work, at least he'll be in good company. Louis Blues defense man Barret Jackman is also an investor. He's fallen into well-heeled company Snyder made a bundle steering the Crocs business and Vaughan's family owns the El Dorado. market, and Strait is an investor in the venture. They would always answer that they just made it for family and friends," Strait tells the crowd. The pair met Strait on the links at the El Dorado Golf & Beach Club, a self-described "exclusive, gated golf and beach club community with over one mile of stunning coastline along Mexico’s Baja Peninsula." They would bring along unmarked bottles of tequila to sip on, and Strait got a taste for the Añejo over rocks. The tasting involved media and social media gawkers, trying not to stare at George Strait as tequila makers Federico Vaughan and Ron Snyder held forth on steaming agave, Spanish Crosses, French White Oak wine barrel and private family recipes. So King George has not totally abdicated his throne.īesides music, he has golf and entrepreneurial adventuring to keep him busy, including this trip to Dallas. He's also got shows planned at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this year and in 2017. The set includes new music he says he recorded this year. So it's not surprising that people around him exude a steady buzz of nervous energy, from the valet parking drivers loitering in the driveway to the professional athletes loitering inside.Īnd it turns out that Strait's pretty active for a retired guy. The country icon will release Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 on Nov. Strait is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, set the indoor venue attendance record for most people at his final show of a farewell tour in Arlington in 2014, and is right behind Elvis in terms of Gold and Platinum records. His perfect teeth enable easy, unblemished smiles. And Strait wore the part well by being deeply tan, physically fit, softly spoken, effortlessly charismatic and enigmatically friendly. This is how well-balanced icons retire: Living comfortable lives, pursuing hobby investments with golf buddies and playing just enough live shows to be revered and financially viable. Professional hockey players hosted the evening's event, held at a $9.9 million private home in Inwood-Northwest/Bluffview. The country music superstar doesn't tour anymore, but he's making the rounds on a cross-country swing to promote Codigo 1530, a premium tequila brand of which he's an investor and spokesman. So last Thursday, the 64-year-old country singer breezed into Dallas for a round of golf at Preston Trail Golf Club during the day and a tequila tasting soiree at night. Showing up is pretty much enough to convert men into slack-jawed idiots and women of nearly any generation into star-eyed groupies. George Strait doesn't have to do much to be the life of the party.
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