History

A story built
around agave.

Steel stills in the distillation hall at Destilería Nueva Santa Fe

Our story begins in Jalisco, among the fields, the agave, and knowledge passed from generation to generation.

The legacy starts with Don Lorenzo Gaytán, master of the family's first tequila generation, whose teachings took root between El Salvador, the Sierra de Tequila, and El Arenal.

Over time, that craft passed to his children. Everardo Gaytán Rosales, second generation and founder of the producing house, carried field knowledge into a more contemporary and organized vision without giving up its artisanal character.

Today the third generation continues this story from San Juanito de Escobedo, Jalisco, under the guidance of Antonio Gaytán Barboza, the producing house's current master distiller. With him, family knowledge remains in use within an artisanal production that works with technical rigor.

Mission, vision, and values

What drives
us

Mission

To be a traditional distillery that cares for the processes passed down by previous generations, upholding the highest standards of quality, ethics, and integrity toward clients and consumers.

Vision

To be one of the most emblematic distilleries of the Valles region, standing out in innovation and development while contributing information and education to give back to the Tequila industry.

Values

  1. 01

    Method

    We attend to every stage of the process, from selecting agave in the field through distillation. Artisanal work is held by technical rigor, and that is where the character of our distillates comes from.

  2. 02

    Heritage

    Our story begins with Don Lorenzo Gaytán and continues through three generations dedicated to the tequila craft. Knowledge passed from family to family, from the Valles de Jalisco to San Juanito de Escobedo.

  3. 03

    Quality

    Every decision, from selecting the agave to distillation, is made so the raw material can express itself without shortcuts. Quality depends on the time given to each stage and on the experience of whoever directs it.

The founder

Everardo Gaytán Rosales

The first memories of Everardo Gaytán Rosales around agave and tequila begin in the fields of Jalisco: days from sunup to sundown, trails cut through ravines, old royal roads, and loads carried on muleback. In those years, the craft depended almost entirely on strength, experience, and the hands of the people who worked the land.

From his father, Don Lorenzo Gaytán, he learned that working the fields demands dedication, constancy, and respect for nature. Among the rows of agave he understood that every harvest takes time, and that no true process can be rushed.

Years later, as the representative of the second generation, he founded the producing house and took on the responsibility of preserving that knowledge. His principle was clear: respect the agave's timing, keep the essence of the process, and let nature take part in every stage, from cultivation through wild fermentation.

Everardo thus became the link between the first and the third generation. He carried knowledge inherited from the fields into a more contemporary and organized vision, adding planning, management, and identity without giving up the artisanal character that gave rise to the tequila family.

One of his greatest sources of pride is having received Don Lorenzo's knowledge, passed it on to his children, and seen a new generation refine it and take the distillery toward new possibilities, always with respect for its roots.

For Everardo, every bottle holds something of that story: the memory of his father, the scent of wet earth, and years of patience before the first sip.

His philosophy can be summed up in one idea:

To be original in what we do: from the person, to the work, and down to the last drop of the finished product.

Founder of the producing house and second generation of the Gaytán legacy

The master tequila maker

A third generation that does not set out to repeat the past.

Portrait of Antonio Gaytán Barboza

Antonio Gaytán Barboza

The first memories of Antonio Gaytán Barboza around tequila go back to childhood: visits to old factories, family harvests, and huge agave hearts carried by hand, when work in the fields still depended almost entirely on people.

From his grandfather, Don Lorenzo Gaytán, he inherited a lesson that still defines how he works: if you want quality, you have to be personally involved in the process, know it, and work for it.

Years later, with new family plantings and projects of his own, Antonio chose to continue the tequila craft as the representative of the third generation.

His vision, though, is not only about preserving what he learned.

He looks to innovate.

He keeps fundamental processes such as cooking in masonry ovens, extraction, wild fermentation, and distillation, and adds measurements, controls, and research that make it possible to understand each stage and improve it without losing its artisanal essence.

For Antonio, El Arenal is the origin, and San Juanito de Escobedo the chance to keep building the story.

From Destilería Nueva Santa Fe he wants every tequila to have an identity of its own: aromas, flavors, and processes able to set it apart without imitating what already exists.

His philosophy can be summed up in one idea:

Something new to try.

And his view of the future is just as clear: that the next generation know what has already been done, question it, and find a still better way to do it.

Master tequila maker for all three brands

Sustainability

Commitment to the surroundings

Our work begins in the land. That is why we seek to use every resource responsibly and respect the cycles of the agave and of the surroundings that give rise to our distillates.