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Proposed legislation would limit ability of US Caribbean territories to finance economic development projects
Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 Email To Friend Print Version
WASHINGTON, USA — A Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysis of the rum excise tax cover over program, from which Puerto Rico receives about $400 million annually and [...]

Bacardi Limited Donates $50,000 to PADF-OAS Haitian Earthquake Relief
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, has generously donated $50,000 to help relieve the suffering of thousands of survivors of the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) announced.
“Bacardi has consistently shown [...]

Rum Among the Ruins: One Haitian’s Remedy
By BOBBY GHOSH / LEOGANE, HAITI Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
Michael Moscoso is suitably embarrassed about his good fortune. “I feel morally incorrect,” he says, ruefully. “People are still dying and I’m [talking about] making rum.”
It’s true that people are still dying in Leogane, the Haitian town closest to the [...]

Maybe they should keep a lower profile – Chavez might nationalise them if they are suspected of success!
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SANTA TERESA RUM INTRODUCES SOME VENEZUELAN SPIRIT TO THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 31ST 2010
* Monday, 25 January 2010
SANTA TERESA RUM INTRODUCES SOME VENEZUELAN SPIRIT TO THE 52ND ANNUAL [...]

In the face of the tragedy that afflicted Haiti, it might seem frivolous to worry about a distillery, but Haiti’s iconic Rhum Barbancourt is one of the few indigenous export industries that has survived over the years and it is crucial to redevelopment.
I spoke to Mike Yarema of Crillon Importers in New Jersey, and although [...]

Pat Robertson says a pact with the Devil did Haiti in. Haiti makes one of the world’s best rums – Barbancourt. I am contacting rum aficionadoes to hold Fundraisers with the Demon Rum, to help Haiti- and Robertson be damned!
Any ideas from rum makers, distributors, or even mere drinkers, do send me suggestions so [...]

Want to to be talked through a tasting of 15 year old El Dorado – in Danish…?
The cork popping sounds good in any language!

So, if you add Indian “whiskey” production to their rum-making, which under EU and US law you could, it must easily confirm India’s position as the world’s number one rum producer. I offer my own marketing solution..Indian makers of molasses based “whiskey” should sell it as “Risky” and enhance the sense of adventure..
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In high [...]

BACARDI – World’s Most Awarded Rum – Tops 300 Awards
Confirms commitment to exceptional quality and reinforces its role as a key spirit in some of world’s favorite cocktails
Online PR News – 08-January-2010 – BACARDI® rum, the world’s favorite and best-selling premium rum now tops 300 awards—sustaining its title and position of “the world’s most awarded [...]

January 5, 2010
A RUM RUN TO EATONVILLE FOR “FOOD AND FOLKLORE”
Tom Gjelten, author of Barcardi and the Long Fight For Cuba
Writer and Rhum Mixologist Daphne Muse introduces the “Zojito” a Libation Paying Tribute to Zora Neale Hurston
Eatonville Restaurant’s Food and Folklore brings in 2010 with libations to the flavors and adventures of the legendary beverage [...]