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Destilando Amor
	; Destilando Amor
Format	Telenovela, romance, drama
Starring	Eduardo Yáñez, Angélica Rivera, Sergio Sendel, Chantal Andere
Opening theme	Por Amarte by Pepe Aguilar
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	170
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nicandro Díaz González
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Televisa, Univision, Telefutura
Picture format	Color
Original airing	Mexico; January 22, 2007 - September 16, 2007; United States March 26, 2007 - December 3, 2007; United States July 27, 2009 - March 4 2010
Chronology
Preceded by	Mundo de Fieras (Mexican version)
Followed by	Pasión
Related shows	Café con aroma de mujer (1994), Cuando seas mía (2001)
External links
	Official website

Destilando Amor (Distilling Love) was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa, which is a remake of 1994 Colombian telenovela Café, con aroma de mujer.

It premiered on January 22, 2007, and in the USA on March 26, 2007 taking the place of the Mexican version of Mundo de Fieras in both countries. It is a production of Nicandro Diaz and the main characters are Eduardo Yáñez and Angélica Rivera, who returned to the telenovelas scene after four years of absence. This serial is also known as Essence of Love.[1]

[edit] Cast

Angélica Rivera as Teresa "Gaviota" Hernandez/Mariana Franco
Eduardo Yáñez as Rodrigo Montalvo
Sergio Sendel as Aaron Montalvo, cousin of Rodrigo, villain
Chantal Andere as Minerva Olmos de Montalvo, wife of Aaron, villain
Martha Julia as Isadora Duarte de Montalvo, wife of Rodrigo, villain
Ana Patricia Rojo as Sofia Montalvo, sister of Rodrigo and Daniela
Fernanda Castillo as Daniela Montalvo, sister of Rodrigo and Sofia
Alejandro Tommasi as Bruno Montalvo, father of Aaron
José Luis Reséndez as Hilario Quijano, stableboy at the Hacienda, son of Roman and Ofelia
Joana Benedek as Pamela Torreblanca, mistress of Aaron
Carlos de la Mota as James O'Brien, former boyfriend of Sofia, friend of Rodrigo
Julio Camejo as Francisco de la Vega/Pancho Chavez, husband of Sofia, lover of Isadora, villain
Ana Martín as Clara "Clarita" Garcia de Hernandez, mother of Gaviota
Martha Roth as Pilar Gil de Montalvo, wife of Amador, mother of Bruno and Felipe, villain
Joaquín Cordero as Amador Montalvo, husband of Pilar, father of Bruno and Felipe
Julio Alemán as Roberto Avellaneda, president of the Consejo Regulador del Tequila
Irma Lozano as Constanza Santos de Montalvo, wife of Felpe, mother of Rodrigo,Sofia, and Daniela
Olivia Bucio as Fedra Iturbe de Montalvo, wife of Bruno, villain
Gustavo Rojo as Nestor Videgaray, lawyer of the family
Jorge Vargas as Felipe Montalvo, husband of Constanza, father of Rodrigo, Sofia, and Daniela
Gustavo Cardenas Avila as Patricio Iturbe Solorzano, cousin of Aaron
Silvia Ramirez as Lluvia, girlfriend of Patricio
Yuliana Peniche as Margarita, receptionist at the Corporativo
Roberto Vander as Ricardo Duarte, father of Isadora
Norma Lazareno as Nuria Toledo de Duarte, mother of Isadora
Mariana Rios as Sanjuana, worker at the Hacienda
Jaime Garza as Roman, overseer at the Hacienda
Maria Prado as Dona Jose, mother of Francisco
Adriana Laffan as Ofelia, cook at the Hacienda
Patricia Manterola as Erika Robledo, psychologist
René Strickler as Alonso Santoveña, director of the Public Relations of the CRT
Gabriela Goldsmith as Cassandra, cousin of Alonso
Theo Tapia as Gaspar Torreblanca, father of Pamela
Alicia Encinas as Barbara Torreblanca, mother of Pamela
Laura Flores as Priscilla, lower of Francisco
Alma Muriel
Nora Salinas as Karen
Manuel Landeta
Marco Uriel as Olavarria
Juan Pelaez
Fernando De la Flor

[edit] Brief summary about the novela

The story begins in the fields of Jalisco, where the harvesting of the agaves takes place each year. Workers Teresa "Gaviota" Hernandez and Clarita Hernandez go on the bus from Guadalajara to Tequila and from there, go to La Montalveña Hacienda, property of Amador Montalvo.
At the same time, Amador comes to Tequila with his wife Pilar. The patriarch of the Montalvo family has a feeling he will die, but his wife tells him it is nonsense. While his son Felipe and his wife Constanza are visiting, Amador is dying, and he tells the overseer of the Hacienda Roman, to not leave Gaviota and Clarita without work.
Meanwhile, most of the family is overseas. Bruno, son of Amador and Pilar, and his wife Fedra, are in New York City managing the headquarters of the Montalvo Corporation. Rodrigo, Aaron, and Sofia are living in London (Sofia is living with James O'Brien), and Daniela is in Paris studying dance. The four get calls from the rest of the family saying Amador is dying, so they leave what they are doing and leave at once.
Amador dies, and the funeral is held the next day. At the mass that is held for him, Gaviota leaves some flowers at the coffin, and Rodrigo goes to the front and pray at the same time as Gaviota. That is how the two first meet.
Gaviota and Rodrigo begin meeting each other, and Rodrigo tells Gaviota that he will have to go to London and keep on studying for a doctorate at Cambridge University. The day before Rodrigo has to go, he and Gaviota go into the agave fields and make love.
After Rodrigo leaves, Gaviota finds out she is pregnant. So she goes with this photographer who has been bothering her every year she comes to take pictures as a model and send her to Paris. Gaviota accepts, and in the end, goes to Paris with Madame Colette (Rebecca Mankita). At her arrival at Paris, Gaviota finds out she was tricked, and finds out she was sent to work as a prostitute.
Gaviota escapes, and since she hasn't eaten food, she faints in front of a restaurant. Benvenutto Verducci, the owner of the restaurant, helps her and gives her money to go to London. At her arrival, Gaviota searches for Rodrigo, until she sees him at the corner of a street. Excited, she crosses the street without looking, and she ends up being run over very grotesquely by a car. Rodrigo sees the accident, and he goes for a closer look, but he doesn't see who it is because he gets a call from his uncle Bruno saying that his parents, Constanza and Felipe, died in a plane accident at Toluca International.

Gaviota and her mother Clarita find a small apartment in Mexico City. Gaviota finds a job as a hotel receptionist. She looks for another job and sees an opening for a secretary at Montalvo Enterprises. She applies, using the assumed name Mariana Franco Villareal, the name given to her when she went to Paris. She interviews with Aaron, the head of the company and Rodrigo's cousin. Gaviota is insistent with Aaron that he hire her. Finally, she is hired as a receptionist.

Meanwhile, the provision in Amador's (the late patriarch) will specifies that the first born son is heir to the Montalvo fortune. Minerva, Aaron's wife, is insistent that she become pregnant first. Aaron, a womanizer, runs around with Pamela Torreblanca, an old friend. Minerva finds out that Gaviota is working at Montalvo Enterprises and tries her best to get Gaviota fired. Isadora continues to try to seduce Rodrigo, to no avail. Rodrigo and Gaviota are still in love with each other. Minerva announces she is pregnant.

Rodrigo thinks Gaviota is working on a farm in Veracruz, so he goes there to try to find her. Little does he know she is working for the family business.

Gaviota has worked her way up in the company all the way to manager, much to the dismay of some of the Montalvo family. Minerva thinks her husband Aaron is sleeping with Gaviota, which he isn't. He is sleeping with Pamela Torreblanca, his mistress. Gaviota decides to change her name legally to Mariana Franco. She has to call Rodrigo on an important matter, and is hesitant.

Meanwhile, Minerva and Aaron fight, causing Minerva to fall down stairs. Minerva loses her baby.

There is a provision in Amador's will saying that management of the company has to be done by a family member. All hands point to Rodrigo. He doesn't want to, but he has to go to the office on the important matter that Gaviota called him about earlier. Gaviota tries to disguise herself, to no avail. Rodrigo finds Gaviota, and they embrace and kiss. Now that he has found Gaviota, Rodrigo decides he wants to run the company.

Gaviota and Rodrigo get together. Meanwhile, Aaron is involved in shady dealings with the company that he's trying to cover up by using Rodrigo and Gaviota. They go to the ports, separately, to check on tequila shipments.

Meanwhile, Isadora wants to be artificially inseminated. She undergoes tests in Mexico, then goes to Houston for treatment. A neighbor, Francisco, discovers her and tries to seduce her. He succeeds, and they go on a trip to Acapulco together.

Aaron decides he wants to divorce Minerva because she won't give him a son. He wants to marry Pamela and hopes she'll give him the son he wants.

Gaviota becomes friendly with Benvenuto, an Italian chef. Rodrigo, in his jealousy, thinks she is running around with Benvenuto, when the friendship is strictly platonic.

While working in the office late one night, Gaviota sings her farmer's song. Minerva and Isadora overhear her, and find out that Mariana is Gaviota, and scheme to get her fired from the company.

Fields of blue agave in place Tequila

[edit] Other facts about the novela

The novela had enjoyed high ratings in Mexico and it become one of the most watched telenovelas in last 10 years on Televisa, when it was transmitted on Channel 2 of Televisa at the premiere slot at 9:30 P.M. local time.
In the United States and Puerto Rico, it would broadcast on Univision at 9:00 P.M. Local Time. The rebroadcast of the novela airs on Telefutura at 5:00 P.M. Local Time.
It is shown in Canada on TLN at 6:00 P.M. (EST)
The novela is shown in Venezuela on Venevision Mondays through Saturdays at 1:00 P.M.
The novela was also shown in Brazil on SBT, but it was cancelled in April 2007 due to low ratings.
According to the Spanish article, the novela is shown in Panama on Telemetro Channel 13 at 7:00 P.M. and is the highest rating telenovela in the 2007 season.
In Mexico, a CD containing the soundtrack of the novela was released to the market. It contains the songs Por Amarte by Pepe Aguilar and Gaviota, by Angélica Rivera.
The best novela of the year, according to the Premios TVyNovelas 2008

[edit] Broadcasters

Country	Alternate title/Translation	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
Mexico	Destilando Amor	Canal de Las Estrellas XEW-TV (Televisa)	January 22, 2007	Monday to Friday 9.30 p.m
Albania	Dashuri dhe Tekila	Vizion Plus		Monday to Friday 8.10 p.m
United States	Destilando Amor	Univision,Telefutura (rebroadcast)	March 26, 2007 , July 27, 2009 (rebroadcast)	Monday to Friday 9.00 p.m (Local Time), Monday to Friday 5.00 p.m (Local Time, rebroadcast)
Argentina	Destilando Amor	Telefe	February 2008	Monday to Friday 1 P.M.
Uruguay	Destilando Amor	La Tele	January 2008	Monday to Friday 1 pm
Canada	Destilando Amor	TLN		Monday to Friday 6.00 p.m
Romania	Tequila cu suflet de femeie	Acasa		Monday to Friday 7.00 p.m
Poland	Miłość jak tequila	Zone Romantica	November 27, 2008	Monday to Friday 8.00 p.m
Slovenia	Čista ljubezen	TV3 Slovenia	October 10, 2007	Monday to Friday 1.35 p.m
Spain	Destilando Amor	TVE		Monday to Friday 3.50pm
Brazil	Destilando Amor	SBT	March 26, 2007	Monday to Friday 6.15 p.m
Serbia	Opijeni ljubavlju	Pink	June 2007	Monday to Friday 6.00 p.m
Israel	שיכורה מאהבה	Viva Channel	October 29, 2007	Sunday to Thursday 8.50 p.m
Latvia	Mīlestība un Tekila	LNT	February 6, 2008	Monday to Friday 4.35 p.m
Montenegro	Opijeni ljubavlju	Pink M	June 2007	Monday to Friday 6.00 p.m
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Opijeni ljubavlju	Pink BH	June 2007	Monday to Friday 6.00 p.m
Macedonia	Опиени од љубов	Сител тв	March 2008	Monday to Saturday 9.00 a.m
Croatia	Opijeni ljubavlju	HRT	September 4, 2008	Monday to Saturday 12.30 p.m
Slovakia	Čistá láska	Markíza	March 16, 2009	Monday to Friday 3.10 p.m