The spirits in these two decanters have very different histories. Tequila originated in the small Mexican town of Santiago de Tequila. The indigenous people began fermenting the blue agave plant in the 16th century. Soon afterwards the Spaniards arrived and taught them how to distill it. The history of whiskey is considerably longer. Historians believe it was first produced around 2,000 BC by the Babylonians in Mesopotamia. This ancient region was part of today’s Iraq, Syria and Kuwait. ¡Salud! That is Spanish for “cheers.”