The Don Julio and Casamigos Lawsuit Was Dismissed. The Fight Over ‘100 Percent Agave’ Isn’t Over

The judge found that testing five tequila samples did not support claims of widespread mislabeling.

BY LUCIA AUERBACH, NEWS WRITER

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Last week, a U.S. court dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that Diageo’s top-selling tequila brands were not made exclusively from agave. However, this is not the first time a tequila brand has been accused of mislabeling.

The labels of “100% agave” on Don Julio and Casamigos tequilas were called into question by consumers Avi Pusateri, Chaim Mishulovin and a Japanese-inspired restaurant named Sushi........

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