1967
· Pedro Méndez Torres started to sell and dominate the regional market, aside from Oaxaca, selling in Puebla, Guerrero and Chiapas.
1972
· The engineer Gustavo Méndez Torres took over the business.
1980
·EL CORTIJO became the first exporting mezcal brand owned by a family in Oaxaca, and the first country that received our Mezcal was France.