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Posted on 10/7/24 at 9:51 am
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Posted on 10/7/24 at 9:52 am to OU Guy
The founders of Flecha Azul, entrepreneur Aron Marquez and professional golfer Abraham Ancer, talk to us about getting into the Tequila business and partnering up with movie star Mark Wahlberg.
How did you both meet and then decide you wanted to start a spirits brand together?
Marquez: Abe and I both have a passion for golf and we met at a Pro-Am – he does it for a living though, and I don’t. We’re both born in Mexico, raised in the US, and we graduated from the same college, Odessa in Texas, and the same university in Oklahoma. We have a lot in common. In between shots (of golf) where you wait for 30 minutes, we started talking about Tequila and lamented the fact that the quality wasn’t like the stuff we were used to from back home, with our grandparents and fathers.
Ancer: A good friend of mine was very close to the Orendain family and that’s sort of how everything happened – they are one of the four major families that basically pioneered Tequila in Mexico. They reached out to us and they really took us under their wing. They became like family. We’re very lucky to have something with so much tradition and knowledge behind it. It’s mine and Aron’s baby, you know, and for me personally, it’s the first thing that I’ve ever done outside of golf.
The Spirits Business Article LINK
How did you both meet and then decide you wanted to start a spirits brand together?
Marquez: Abe and I both have a passion for golf and we met at a Pro-Am – he does it for a living though, and I don’t. We’re both born in Mexico, raised in the US, and we graduated from the same college, Odessa in Texas, and the same university in Oklahoma. We have a lot in common. In between shots (of golf) where you wait for 30 minutes, we started talking about Tequila and lamented the fact that the quality wasn’t like the stuff we were used to from back home, with our grandparents and fathers.
Ancer: A good friend of mine was very close to the Orendain family and that’s sort of how everything happened – they are one of the four major families that basically pioneered Tequila in Mexico. They reached out to us and they really took us under their wing. They became like family. We’re very lucky to have something with so much tradition and knowledge behind it. It’s mine and Aron’s baby, you know, and for me personally, it’s the first thing that I’ve ever done outside of golf.
The Spirits Business Article LINK
This post was edited on 10/7/24 at 9:53 am
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