The two met at a club in 2006 and bonded over tequila drinks: “I brought her to my table and made her an incredible margarita,” Matthew McConaughey told PEOPLE.

Club sandals okay, okay, okay, that’s it Camila Alves McConaughey.

business woman and Matthew McConaugheyrecently celebrated first anniversary their Pantalones Organic Tequilawas open about them Meet tequila-fueled cuteness In 2006.

“Out of the corner of my eye, this aqua green figure floated about 20 feet across the frame,” Matthew told PEOPLE in 2016. “My eyes went up and I remember blurting out, ‘Who is that?’ I didn’t say ‘What is this?’ I asked.”

Camila’s memory of that night is a little different. “The first time I saw him at the bar, he was trying to get the bartender to make these drinks,” the mother of three recently told PEOPLE. trousers The event is on October 24.

“coaching “The bartender will make margaritas.” True Detective The 54-year-old star corrects him with a laugh.

Camila, 41, continues: “I keep hearing the voice to my left and saying, ‘Who gets the bartender’s attention so much that a single girl can’t even get water?’ I thought. So I looked and said ‘Oh!’ I said.”

The Brazilian model did not immediately recognize Matthew. “He had a big beard. He had a rasta hat. I kept looking down and saw some things that I liked; I saw he was wearing flip-flops and I was like, ‘Oh, I like that.’ “So I decided to hang out at the bar some more,” he says.

Later that night, the two bonded over some drinks. “I took him to my table and made him an incredible margarita,” Matthew says. “After those margaritas (probably his third, her first), I understood his Portuguese better than I have in the last 19 years. I spoke better Spanish than I had ever spoken in my life and probably never will again. That night, the language of love emerged from Portuguese and Spanish, and we both understood every word.”

For the power couple, love and tequila still go hand in hand.

Organic blanco, reposado and añejo tequilas have become popular recently available nationwidethey form their first joint business venture. They helped each other behind the scenes, but this was the first “face-to-face project.”

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“Starting a business relationship, you’re a couple and you’re in a romantic relationship, that can throw things off a bit,” says Matthew.

Fortunately, all concerns were quickly dispelled once they hit the road. “We’re having fun with it. It was a promise and part of our vision for tequila,” adds Camila.

Some of the fun comes from the no-pants ad campaigns shared last year. Photos of the brand showed stars riding a motorcycle, playing pickleball, mowing the lawn and celebrating the soul’s first birthday – all without trousers.

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