Category: Cane spirits (rum)

Stades – A New Barbados Rum Brand Emerges

The West Indies Rum Distillery has announced  via their Facebook page the imminent arrival of their first branded rum: Stade’s…

Rethinking “White Rum”

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to talk about this thing called “white rum.” Many abominations and misunderstandings have…

Martinique’s Other Rum Regulation : The Grand Arôme (Le Galion) PGI

Martinique’s appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) is perhaps the best-known regulation in the rum world of rum. Less known is that Guadeloupe, its…

Cocktail Wonk Top Ten Stories of 2020

My annual end-of-year tradition at Cocktail Wonk is a bit of introspection about my writing directions over the prior twelve…