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Cartavio Rum Tasting Thursday, August 12 at the Mai Kai Polynesian Restaurant The Robs will be hosting a tasting event featuring outstanding rums from Peru. You’re invited to sample these rums with us at the Mai Kai on August 12. The Cartavio line of rums is gaining much attention lately, winning awards and turning heads [...]

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival May 5-9, 2010 \ A Global Gathering At The Raleigh South Beach Resort May 5-9, 2010 Join us for a discovery of the world’s best rums. Rum is experiencing a Renaissance around the world as savvy consumers discover the incredible flavors of fine rums from every Caribbean island and every region [...]

For Immediate Release Media contact: March 22, 2010 Dori Bryant (727) 947-3522 info@polishedpalate.com 5th Annual Polished Palate International Rum Competition Fifth Annual Polished Palate International Rum Competition Awards Announced TAMPA, Fla. (March 22, 2010) – The results are in. The competition, held on March 18-19 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ybor City, was hosted [...]

As the rum controversy heats up between Puerto Rico & the USVI (Modern Distillery Age, March 9) rum is about to make more headlines. The 5th Annual Polished Palate International Rum Competition takes place this week in Tampa’s Ybor City at the Hilton Garden Inn. Hosted by Jack Robertiello/Drinks Ink, judges Arturo Sighinolfi/SWS, Luis Ayala/Rum [...]

Ian Burrell’s video trailer for next year’s London Rumfest – no clips from my seminars, but the dancers are more attractive (even) than me! Rumpundit click for a preview, and you can almost smell the rum.. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?comments=&v=1321911721487

UK to drink in Cayman culture By Cliodhna Doherty, cliodhna@cfp.ky Wednesday 21st October, 2009 Posted: 15:34 CIT (20:34 GMT) > Comment on this story This coming weekend will see a fresh taste of the Cayman Islands being promoted in Europe by way of The UK Rumfest in London. “For the past two and a half [...]

Toronto To Celebrate Caribbean Spirit At 2nd Annual Rum & Rhythm Festival TORONTO, Canada – The sweet flavour of rum and the pulsating beat of island music will be on full display in Toronto during Caribbean Week in Canada’s second annual Caribbean Rum & Rhythm Festival, Friday, October 30 from 6:00p.m.- 9:00pm at the Fermenting [...]

Two big rum events this week. In London Ian Burrell’s London Rum Fest concentrates a world of aficionados for a weekend of fun and instruction, including a seminar from me, but more importantly lots of samples and lots of congenial samplers. And A Cork Above debuts my I-video on rum.

Anyone up in the Catskills, a talk on rum, sales of book and a tasting of Don Q rums full range, including their exquisite Grand Anejo, at the Andes Hotel, in Andes, upstate New York from 2 pm onwards Saturday 5th September, rum, reggae band, Caribbean inspired food.. and me. What more could you ask! [...]

ENTERTAINMENTCaribbean Heritage – A Renaissance of Rum If you’re from the Caribbean hemisphere, chances are you got your first taste of rum before you could toddle upright without help… most Caribbean nationals get a hint of the elixir when Christmas comes around as the scents of cured fruits permeate the air in the Black cakes [...]