Don Cenobio Sauza

Don Cenobio Sauza (October 30, 1842 – February 15, 1909), known to some as the "Father of Tequila,” was one of the earliest and longest lasting distillers of the tequila spirit – founding the Sauza Tequila distillery – La Perseverancia – in 1873. (Note: The original “Father of Tequila,” Don Pedro Sanchez de Tagle, began producing the distilled spirit in his hacienda, Cuisillos, in the late 1600s, almost 175 years before Sauza.)