Pass the salt.

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Tequila, the national drink of Mexico, is making inroads into traditional bourbon state Kentucky. Brown-Forman, a U.S. spirits company whose brands include Jack Daniel's Whiskey, Southern Comfort and Bolla Wines, agreed to buy for US$876 million control of Grupo Industrial Herradura, a Mexican tequila maker, from the Romo de la Pena family. The purchase gives Brown-Forman the Herradura and El Jimador tequilas and production, sales and...