Michael Jordan left a hotel in New York armed with several bottles of Tequila on Wednesday.

I’ve never really been a “shots” person, and tend to shy away from drinking anything that comes in a shot glass just as a general rule. However, a few weeks ago I was travelling in Mexico and discovered one shot-based tequila drink that I was actually pretty excited about drinking: the Bandera.

Yvonne Niami grew up in L.A., the child of immigrants from Mexico. Growing up, her parents would often take her and her brother home to visit family, and Niami found herself moved by the stray, suffering dogs she would find.

George Clooney celebrated his 57th birthday by downing a shot of tequila.

Think fast: What’s the first thing that pops into your head when someone says “tequila?”

If the thought of alcohol in a box conjures fuzzy memories of college dorm rooms and games of “slap the bag,” the vintners at Black Box Wines might have triggered more than a few flashbacks with their latest announcement: Boxed whiskey, boxed vodka, and boxed tequila have hit shelves in several states, with many more to come.

Another first! A Napa winery has released a Sauvignon Blanc aged in ex-Tequila barrels, in an effort to “challenge the norm of traditional winemaking” while drawing on the increasing popularity of the agave-based spirit, according to the Drinks Business.

Amigos is a golden, easy drinking tequila flavoured beer with notes of South American limes, and a unique Aztec-themed brand identity.

Introducing: Tequila Rose, which is essentially a Baileys-inspired strawberry dessert drink served up in a little shot glass.

As Guadalajara-based mixologist Andres Ismael Moran Gutierrez says of tequila, “sip to taste, shoot to waste,” though we don’t have to tell you that tequila is a spirit worth sipping slowly, neat or in a cocktail.