Mark your calendar: Rum, food and culture

Grenada has its Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival, Barbados has its Food & Wine & Rum Festival, St. Lucia has a Food and Rum Festival, even Cuba has an International Rum Festival -- and that's only a few countries in the Caribbean -- rum festivals are held around the world and present a unique and exciting celebration of the fine art of distillation, maturing and the blending of fine cane spirits. And...

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Rum festival set to draw 'thousands'

In February, The Bahamas will host its first rum festival and organizers are looking for thousands to come to the event.
Come next year, Festival Rum Bahamas, a celebration of rum, food and culture, will be placed on the country's cultural calendar.
The festival's organizers believe this unique event will provide an opportunity for Bahamians to showcase their creative side, while bringing a much n...

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John Watling's Rum proud to support fundraising efforts in all islands

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John Watling's Buena Vista rum wins Gold for The Bahamas

John Watling's Buena Vista rum wins Gold for The Bahamas...

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Rum Cay Independence Flag Raising

Rum Cay, Bahamas - Administrator for San Salvador and Rum Cay, Harvey Roberts,
greets Dr. Linda Moxey-Brown, National Independence Secretariat
Commission member upon her arrival at Rum Cay Airport, June 21, for the 40th
Anniversary Independence Flag-raising ceremony.

Photos enclosed...

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Rum Cay Independence Flag Raising

Administrator for San Salvador and Rum Cay, Harvey Roberts, greets Dr. Linda Moxey-Brown, National Independence Secretariat Commission member upon her arrival at Rum Cay Airport, June 21, for the 40th Anniversary Independence Flag-raising ceremony.

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Baark! spays and neuters animals in San Salvador and Rum Cay

In May, volunteers from Baark! visited San Salvador for a three-day spay and neuter (S&N) clinic. Volunteers traveled from Cat Island, Andros, Freeport and Nassau to take part. It was the inspiration of Dave and Karen Kredl, Canadians who have been traveling to San Salvador for many years. Due to their hard work in fundraising and organization, we were able to spay and neuter 74 animals in San Sal...

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Rum regionalism

MIAMI -- When you're talking about rum, how much does the Caribbean really matter?
For the rum world, it's a more serious question than it sounds, and the answer exposes a schism in the industry, a divide between massive producers who value uniformity in a global market and smaller players and connoisseurs who prefer nuanced production that reflects the time and place a rum is made.
A walk down th...

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Caribbean rum: Justifiable battle or proxy war

A threatened World Trade Organization (WTO) filing by some vocal CARICOM countries against the United States over the U.S. Virgin Islands' and Puerto Rico's use of the U.S. rum cover-over program begs the questions: Is taking this issue to the WTO justifiable or worthwhile, and who is really behind it?

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Deputy Prime Minister Joins Residents at Rum Cay Day Event

Rum Cay, Bahamas - Residents of Rum Cay gathered on Milo Butler Park over the weekend to celebrate Rum Cay Day 2013. The event included guests on the island who were welcomed to the area by Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis, M.P. for the island.

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