“The spirit of Mexico does not give itself up easily,” says Lance Winters of St. George Spirits in Alameda. “It’s a proud, strong spirit,” he says of tequila and the difficult process to produce a great agave drink. Located on the former U.S. Navy airbase across the water from both downtown Oakland and San Francisco, the innovative distillery has produced the first tequila in the U.S. that is made from cooked agave imported from Mexico. It is also the