''Destilando amor'' (English: ''Distilling Love'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

produced by

Nicandro Díaz González Nicandro Díaz González (August 7, 1963 – March 18, 2024) was a Mexican telenovela producer. Career 1986–1997: Early work Díaz González began his professional career as production assistant in Valentín Pimstein's telenovelas: '' Mo ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

in 2007. It is the remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela '' Café con aroma de mujer''. On Monday, January 22, 2007, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Destilando amor'' weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing ''Mundo de fieras''. The last episode was broadcast on Sunday, September 16, 2007 with ''Pasión'' replacing it the following day. Starring Angélica Rivera, Eduardo Yáñez, Sergio Sendel,

Chantal Andere Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere (, born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of antagonistic roles in multiple telenovelas. Early life and career Andere was born to Mexican actress Jacqueline ...

Ana Martín Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano (born 14 May 1945), known professionally as Ana Martín, is a Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss World Mexico 1963. which took her to compete in Miss World 1963 in London, w ...

, Martha Julia,

Alejandro Tommasi Alejandro Tommasi (born Alejandro Casares Tommasi; August 14, 1957) is a Mexican television, stage and film actor. Personal life Tommasi is of Italian descent. Tommasi came out as gay and married his 35-year old boyfriend, Óscar Ruiz, in Septe ...

and

Ana Patricia Rojo Ana Patricia Rojo Stein (born February 13, 1974) is a Mexican actress and singer. She is famous for her participation in many telenovelas of Televisa, like ''María la del barrio'' as Penelope Linares (1995), '' Esmeralda'' as Georgina Pérez-Mo ...

. The telenovela received the

TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela of the Year Records * Producer with most awards: Carla Estrada with 8 awards. * Producer with most nominations: Ernesto Alonso with 18 nominations. * Producer with the most nominations (never winner): Angelli Nesma Medina, Angelli Nesma with 8 nomi ...

in the 2008 TVyNovelas Awards.

Plot

Teresa Hernández ( Angélica Rivera), whom everyone calls Gaviota, is a farm laborer who travels the country with her mother, Clara (

), working the harvest. Every year, they return to

Tequila, Jalisco Santiago de Tequila (; "place of tribute") is a Mexican town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco about 60 km from the city of Guadalajara. Tequila is best known as being the birthplace of the drink that bears its name, "tequila, ...

for the reaping of the blue agave at the La Montalveña hacienda, owned by Don Amador (

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City. In the following years he studied in a seminary and ...

), the patriarch of the Montalvos, a family with a long history of tequila production. At the beginning of the story, Don Amador knows his end is near and arrives to spend his final days in the land he so much loves. When Don Amador dies, his family gathers for his funeral. His grandsons, Rodrigo ( Eduardo Yáñez) and his cousin Aarón ( Sergio Sendel), travel from

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, where they are studying for a doctorate. The cousins grew up as brothers, but their grandfather's will awakens Aarón's ambition, as control of the family fortune will ultimately fall to the first son fathered by one of them. Aarón feels confident, knowing that Rodrigo has never been able to make love; however, Gaviota's arrival in his life will change Rodrigo's destiny. Upon meeting, Rodrigo and Gaviota feel the disturbing call of love for the first time; awakening a passion that dominates them and they both give themselves completely. Rodrigo promises Gaviota that he will return in a year when he finishes his doctorate to marry her. Shortly after, Gaviota discovers she is pregnant. Unaware of the size of the world, she decides to go to England to find Rodrigo. Tricked by a local photographer who promises her help, Gaviota falls into the hands of a gang of white slavers who send her to a brothel in

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. Gaviota escapes and begins her pilgrimage in search of the man she loves. Alone, without knowing the language, only her faith and her great love will sustain her in the worst of times. Aided by a generous Italian man and a group of English nuns, she returns to Mexico to find a life very different from the one she left behind; a life of pain and disappointment.

Cast

Main

* Angélica Rivera as Teresa Hernández García "Gaviota" / Mariana Franco Villarreal * Eduardo Yáñez as Rodrigo Montalvo Santos * Sergio Sendel as Aarón Montalvo Iturbe *

as Minerva Olmos *

as Clara "Clarita" Hernández García * Martha Julia as Isadora Duarte Toledo *

as Bruno Montalvo Gil *

as Sofía Montalvo Santos

Also main

* Julio Alemán as Roberto Avellaneda *

Martha Roth Martha Roth (29 May 1932 – 7 October 2016) was an Italian-born Mexican film actress. She became a star during the Golden age of Mexican cinema. Early life Roth was born as Martha Roth Pizzo in Padua, Italy. When Roth was a child, her fa ...

as Doña Pilar Gil de Montalvo * José Luis Reséndez as Hilario Quijano * Olivia Bucio as Fedra Iturbe de Montalvo * Gustavo Rojo as Néstor Videgaray * Irma Lozano as Constanza Santos de Montalvo *Jaime Garza as Román Quijano *Jorge Vargas as Felipe Montalvo Gil * Jan as Patricio Iturbe *Raúl Padilla Chóforo as Crispín Castaño *

Fernanda Castillo María Fernanda Castillo García (born 24 March 1982), known as Fernanda Castillo, is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her work in several telenovelas, including her role as Mónica Robles in '' El Señor de los Cielos''. Career Sin ...

as Daniela Montalvo Santos * Carlos de la Mota as James O'Brien *Alicia Encinas as Bárbara de Torreblanca * Miguel Galván as Carmelo *Adriana Laffán as Ofelia de Quijano *Archi Lanfranco as Benvenuto *Mariana Ríos as Sanjuana Escajadillo *Theo Tapia as Gaspar Torreblanca *Rebeca Mankita as Colette *

Jacqueline Voltaire Jacqueline Voltaire (6 November 1948 – 8 April 2008) was a British-born Mexican actress, model and singer, known for her successful career in telenovelas, especially on Televisa. Voltaire also appeared in Mexican and international films, incl ...

as Mother Felicity *

as Don Amador Montalvo

Recurring and guest stars

*Sugey Ábrego as Nancy *Sergio Acosta as Malagón *Alejandro Aragón as Maximino Vallejo * Kelchie Arizmendi as Eduvina * Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Irving Thomas *Tony Balardí as Sócrates * Rosángela Balbó as Josephine *Marius Beigai as Hans Meinsdrucken *

Joana Benedek Joana Benedek (, ; born Roxana Joana Benedek Godeanu on January 21, 1972) is a Romanian-born Mexican actress. She left her native land in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela before moving to Mexico. In Caracas she continued to study, b ...

as Pamela Torreblanca * César Bono as himself * Rosita Bouchot as Flavia *Julieta Bracho as Elvira * Julio Camejo as Francisco de la Vega * Arturo Carmona as Alfredo Loyola *Juan Carlos Casasola as Lawyer Grajales *Luis Couturier as Artemio Trejo *Luis de Alba as Nerón *Gabriel de Cervantes as Longoria *Fernando de la Flor as Data entry clerk *David del Real as Airplane pilot * Rafael del Villar as Eugenio Ferreyra *Hope Díaz as Zoe *Edgardo Eliezer as Elvis * Humberto Elizondo as Mr. de la Garza *José Antonio Ferral as Plácido * Laura Flores as Priscila Yurente *

Gabriela Goldsmith Gabriela Goldsmith (born Ruth Gabriela Goldschmied Guasch on September 11, 1963, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. ...

as Cassandra Santoveña *Erik Guecha as Nelson * Virginia Gutiérrez as Altagracia de Trejo * Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez as himself *Salvador Ibarra as Lawyer Medina * Rafael Inclán as Cordero *Toño Infante as Gelasio Barrales *José Julián as Singer *Ricardo Kleinbaum as Lawyer López *

Manuel Landeta Manuel Landeta (born José Manuel Goenaga Jassan on October 5, 1958) is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His two sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers. Career Manuel Landeta started his acting career at the age ...

as Rosemberg *Fabián Lavalle as Doctor * Norma Lazareno as Nuria Toledo de Duarte *Jaime Lozano as Rodeo presenter *Hugo Macías Macotela as Arnulfo *Rebeca Manríquez as Agripina * Bibelot Mansur as Acacia *

Patricia Manterola Patricia Manterola (; born Bertha Patricia Manterola Carrión) is a Mexican singer and actress born in Mexico City. Background Patricia Manterola Carrion was born to Jorge Manterola and Maria Dolores Carrion, the second of three children. Her ...

as Erika Robledo * Malillany Marín as Albertina *Saraí Meza as Child Gaviota *Rubén Morales as Lawyer Quintana * Alma Muriel as Public prosecutor *Felipe Nájera as Carlos * Aleida Núñez as Presenter *Juan José Origel as himself *Claudia Ortega as Young Clara "Clarita" Hernández García * Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo as Renato *

David Ostrosky David Ostrosky Vinograd (1 December 1956 – 17 August 2023) was a Mexican actor. Life and career David Ostrosky Vinograd was born on 1 December 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico, and was of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, was Lithuan ...

as Eduardo Saldívar *Adalberto Parra as Melitón *Juan Peláez as Public prosecutor * Yuliana Peniche as Margarita *María Prado as Josefina "Jose" Chávez *Luis Mario Quiroz as Paulino Tejeiros *Silvia Ramírez as Lluvia Camargo *Javier Ruán as Demetrio Urbán *

Nora Salinas Nora Salinas (born Nora Alicia Ortiz Salinas on June 7, 1976) is a Mexican actress and former model. She has appeared in numerous soap operas, several plays and film "Cicatrices" for which she won a "Diosa de Plata" award as New Actress. Care ...

as Karen *María Sandoval as Woman *Jorge Santos as TV journalist voice *Julian Sedgwick as British newscaster *Ricardo Silva as Rolando * René Strickler as Alonso Santoveña *Luis Uribe as Lorenzo Oñate *Marco Uriel as Olavarría * Roberto Vander as Ricardo Duarte *Julio Vega as Lawyer Montesinos *Ricardo Vera as Lawyer Soto * Juan Verduzco as Father Cosme *Hiram Vilchez as Leonel * Pedro Weber "Chatanuga" as Othón Argüeyo *Luis Xavier as Doctor *Jorge Zamora as Sorcerer

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The original motion picture soundtrack of the telenovela was released on April 3, 2007 by

EMI Latin Capitol Latin (formerly EMI Latin) is a brand of Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group. Previously, it was a subsidiary of EMI. History In 1989, José Behar, the former head of CBS Discos, signed Selena t ...

. Track listing # "Por amarte (Tema de la telenovela ''Destilando amor'')" -

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born 7 August 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is a Mexican singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre on tour ...

# "Gaviota" - Gaviota # "La campirana (Rolitacampirana 4)" # "Llegando a ti" - Gaviota # "Esos Altos de Jalisco" - Gaviota # "Campo abierto (Rolitacampirana 3)" # "Esta triste guitarra" -

# "Penas del alma" - Gaviota # "Enamorándonos (0707DESVOXP1)" # "Cielo rojo" -

# "Música del campo (Rolitacampirana 1)" # "Corazoncito tirano" - Gaviota # "Échame a mí la culpa" -

# "Luz de luna" - Gaviota # "Ilusión de amarte (0107DESVOXP1)" # "El impedimento (1207DESORQS1)" # "Poder y soberbia (2007DESORQS1)" # "Gaviota (Versión Jalisciense)" - Gaviota

Awards and nominations

Below is a listing of the most important awards and nominations received by the production: *Recognition to 'Gaviota' for the international projection generated by the telenovela ''Destilando amor'' by spreading the culture of the most Mexican of beverages: tequila [Received by Angélica Rivera and

(Date 2007)].Flickriver (Consejo Regulador Tequila)
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References

External links

* * at esmas.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Destilando Amor 2007 telenovelas 2007 Mexican television series debuts 2007 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas Mexican television series based on Colombian television series