Friday, July 24, 2015

2015 Spirited Awards Announced at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans

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     The winners of the ninth annual Spirited Awards were announced Saturday night (July 18), concluding the Tales of the Cocktail  conf...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Bacardi Snaps Up Leblon Cachaca and Banks Rum

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     The Bermuda-based company has held a minority stake in Leblon Cachaca since 2008, announcing today that a deal to acquire the remaini...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

People Turn Into One of Four Characters When Drunk

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      “ Searching for Mr. Hyde: A five-factor approach to characterizing ‘types of drunks’” the study asked 364 men and women to consider...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Jose Marti: The Key West Visits

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     I had an opportunity to visit "Plaza de la Revolucion"in Havana for the first time.  To that it is breath taking is an unders...
Monday, July 20, 2015

The Signs of the Bacardi Family in Santiago de Cuba

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Bacardi Villa in Santiago de Cuba Today      The Bacardi family has left a huge footprint in Santiago de Cuba.  It was my pleasure to vi...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Today is National Daiquiri Day

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Ruins from the Old Daiquiri Mine      National Daiquiri Day July 19! The Daiquiri is said to have been invented by Jennings Cox, an Am...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

What is New in Havana?

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Nacional Theater in 2013      The biggest change I have noticed in Havana is the clean up and the restoration of so many of the building...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Ron Santiago de Cuba 12 Anos

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     A visit to Santiago de Cuba wouldn’t be complete without a visit the Santiago de Cuba Rum Factory to taste some of their excellen...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Port au Prince through the Windshield

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Hillside Housing in Port au Prince People headed to work "Fresh" Poultry Sales      Urban crowding is not an issue ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Back in the Real World

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     After eight days in the era of 1959, it is great to be back in the modern world with internet and everything.   Cuba was wonderful and ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Brugal Rums Being "Revised Downward" by Edrington

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Edrington, owner of The Macallan Scotch whisky, has been forced to write down the value of its Brugal rum brand once again due to "ex...