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Jul 24, 2008 7:48 pm US/Pacific

Gilroy Farmer Grows Agave Plants For New Tequila

Reporting
Len Ramirez
GILROY (CBS 5) ― For years, cheap imported garlic has been cutting into the bottom line of Gilroy's signature crop. Now one entrepreneur has come to the Garlic Capital of the World to grow the key ingredient in tequila, agave.

Grower Frank Leal has made an award-winning winery business in the hills above Hollister. Planting 10 acres of blue agaves, he has set his sights on being the first to bottle California's take on tequila.

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