Tequila Sunrise, IBA Official Cocktail The tequila sunrise is an exotic mixture of revitalizing orange juice and pomegranate grenadine, even though it's often erroneously excessively doused with sugary sweet sugar laden red dyed grenadine. The Tequila Sunrise stands out as the "Anti-Martini." It’s often had a charisma and machismo connotation. The bad guy, or the bad guy that kills worse guy... more.