Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico
NOM 1414Destilería El Ranchito
Yéyo Tequila is produced at Destilería El Ranchito, NOM 1414, in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico.
The number on the bottle
What is NOM 1414?
Every bottle of tequila carries a NOM number. It identifies the registered distillery where that tequila was produced—it tells you where, not how good.
Yéyo is produced at NOM 1414: Destilería El Ranchito in Arandas.
The distillery
Destilería El Ranchito.
The tequila
Yéyo Tequila
Produced at
Destilería El Ranchito
Registered as
NOM 1414
Located in
Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico
Sergio Cruz · Jon Bullinger · Sergio Vivanco
Destilería El Ranchito · NOM 1414 · Arandas, Jalisco
Every Yéyo step—cooking, fermentation, distillation, resting and barrel work—happens here. See how Yéyo is made.
Family · Place
The Vivanco family.
Destilería El Ranchito belongs to the Vivanco family, whose story with agave began long before Yéyo.
The Vivanco family’s agricultural heritage dates back to 1929. At the end of 1994, Feliciano Vivanco and his children established the family’s tequila operation in Arandas—today home to NOM 1414.
Today the family farms multiple properties across the Highlands, including substantial farmland surrounding the distillery, and all of the Blue Weber agave used to make Yéyo comes exclusively from these family-owned farms. Alongside agave, the family grows corn and beans, rotating crops to help manage soil health.
Yéyo is made there in partnership with the Vivanco family, who have joined Sergio Cruz in hand-signing select one-of-one Yéyo releases. Read the Vivanco family history.
Master Distiller
Sergio Cruz — Master Distiller of Yéyo Tequila.
Sergio Cruz is Yéyo’s Master Distiller. Part chemist, part artist, he spent more than a year working with founder Jon Bullinger to develop Yéyo’s cooking methods and flavor profile.
He lives and works in Arandas, where he guides Yéyo’s fermentation and distillation at NOM 1414. Sergio Cruz is not the same person as Sergio Vivanco.
The place
Arandas, Jalisco.
Arandas is a town in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in the Highlands region known as Los Altos. Yéyo’s Blue Weber agave grows in the red soil here on Vivanco family-owned farms, and it is where NOM 1414 and Destilería El Ranchito are located.
From the distillery
At NOM 1414.
- 100% Blue Weber agave from the Highlands
- Traditional brick ovens, 53+ hours
- Roll mill
- ~190-hour fermentation
- Champagne yeast · deep-well water
- Double-distilled in copper pot stills
Visit NOM 1414
See where Yéyo is made.
Visits to the distillery in Arandas are by appointment.
Visit the distilleryQuick answers
NOM 1414, answered.
- Where is Yéyo Tequila made?
- Yéyo Tequila is produced at Destilería El Ranchito, NOM 1414, in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico.
- What NOM is Yéyo Tequila?
- Yéyo Tequila is produced at NOM 1414.
- What distillery makes Yéyo Tequila?
- Yéyo is produced at Destilería El Ranchito.
- Who is the Master Distiller of Yéyo Tequila?
- Sergio Cruz is the Master Distiller of Yéyo Tequila.
- Is Yéyo made in Jalisco?
- Yes. Yéyo is produced in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Is Yéyo a Highlands tequila?
- Yéyo is produced in Arandas in the Los Altos / Highlands region of Jalisco.
- Can you visit the distillery where Yéyo is made?
- Yes, by appointment. Visits to NOM 1414 in Arandas are requested through the Distillery Tour page and are subject to confirmation.