El Tesoro de Don Felipe, 100% Blue Agave Tequila, Mexico.

We’re not all going to be ringing in the next millennium with French Champagne or domestic sparkling wine. Oh, no. To some, that may just seem too tame for the occasion. A shot of snarly blue agave tequila, the real thing, may give the midnight hour an electric jolt. This is powerful, delicious stuff, astonishingly smooth with a complex aftertaste. Though it will make a killer margarita, it’s best appreciated on its own. Only to be indulged in if you have a designated driver under binding contract. But wow!

About $38. Available at fine wine and liquor shops.