We asked Neil Perry to head to the highlands of Mexico, home of the world’s best tequila, to search for ideas to make the Gourmet Traveller 50th birthday party one to remember.
Neil Perry swinging a coa in the agave fields
Piñas ready for roasting
Tequilas ageing in the barrel room
Neil Perry with PatrĂ³n distiller Antonio RodrĂguez
Neil Perry tasting tequila
Slow-roasted agave
Mariachi band Moya performs on the hacienda terrace
Mariachi band Moya performs on the hacienda terrace
Neil Perry in the PatrĂ³n agave fields
Gourmet Traveller’s Pat Nourse in the PatrĂ³n agave fields