{"id":81028,"date":"2025-07-21T16:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81028\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:19:29","slug":"la-pulga-tequila-expands-to-florida-fort-worth-based-brand-grows-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81028\/","title":{"rendered":"La Pulga Tequila Expands to Florida | Fort Worth-Based Brand Grows Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapulga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (La Pulga Tequila)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">La Pulga Tequila<\/a>, a Fort Worth-based company known for its additive-free, premium tequilas, is now available in bars, restaurants, and retail stores across Florida.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the company announced it that the brand had expanded to Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re enormously excited to now bring [La Pulga] to consumers and bartenders across the country, starting with important markets like\u00a0Florida\u00a0where people understand and appreciate high-quality, affordable spirits,&#8221; says\u00a0Alan Thompson, CEO of La Pulga Spirits, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>La Pulga Tequila is distributed in\u00a0Florida\u00a0through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4470962-1&amp;h=3234150&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenlightdistribution.com%2F&amp;a=Green+Light+Distribution\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (Green Light Distribution)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Green Light Distribution<\/a>, a distribution company focused on growing small to mid-size wine and craft spirits brands.<\/p>\n<p>La Pulga was founded by three local entrepreneurs \u2014 Sarah Castillo, Andrew De La Torre, and Stephen Slaughter \u2014 who sought to create an authentic, high-quality tequila that was also accessible and affordable.<\/p>\n<p>Crafted in small batches in Mexico\u2019s Jalisco Highlands from 100% Blue Weber Agave, La Pulga includes three labels \u2014 Blanco, Reposado, and A\u00f1ejo \u2014 each bottled with a signature cork stopper and a keepsake medallion. The brand also offers La Pulga Mezcal and Sotol, now available in Florida as part of the expanded rollout.<\/p>\n<p>The brand was inspired by Fort Worth\u2019s traditional outdoor market known as \u201cLa Pulga.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is exactly the type of innovative and forward-thinking brands we look for at Green Light,\u201d said Chris Larue, president of Green Light Distribution Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Pulga Tequila, a Fort Worth-based company known for its additive-free, premium tequilas, is now available in bars,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,55551,9728,9604,723,17592,7371,11095,7372,55553,10312,358,55552,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-81028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-craft-spirits","10":"tag-distribution","11":"tag-entrepreneurs","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-food-and-beverage","14":"tag-fort-worth","15":"tag-fort-worth-inc-staff","16":"tag-fortworth","17":"tag-hispanic-heritage","18":"tag-local-business","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-texas-business","21":"tag-top-story","22":"tag-tx","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114892135886648873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}