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Southwest Airlines Is Adding New Nonstop Flights To A Caribbean Island Where Beaches, Boating, and Shopping All Come Together

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St. Thomas is the island where beaches sit minutes apart, the harbor stays active from early morning to late evening, and a short ferry ride can turn one vacation into two or three. Magens Bay remains one of the Caribbean’s most photographed beaches. Red Hook continues to anchor the island’s social life with marinas, bars […]

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Rum Journal: The World's Best Rum Bars For 2014

What is a rum bar? It’s not a beach bar. It’s not a pub. It’s not a tiki bar. It’s not a rum shop. The way we see it, a rum bar is a bar dedicated to the glory of rum, with a list of rums large enough to do justice to the Noble Spirit […]

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At a Martinique Distillery, Celebrating Picasso, Lam and Cesaire

Above: Yeux Clairs, Wilfredo Lam, 1970 By Alexander Britell It’s not the first place you’d expect to see a Picasso exhibition — but the Habitation Clement rum distillery in Martinique is putting on a celebration of the work of Aime Cesaire, Pablo Picasso and Wilfredo Lam. The exhibition, which began earlier this month, will last […]

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Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2013

It’s been another great year for rum. It continues to grow in popularity, as more and more people around the world continue to appreciate the quality and diversity of cane spirits. We’ve tried almost 130 rums this year from all over the Caribbean and the wider world, and while the choices were extremely difficult, the […]


At a Martinique Distillery, Celebrating Picasso, Lam and Cesaire

BEQUIA —Making rum punch is an art form: there is no one perfect way to do it. (That’s without mentioning the perfect planteur, rum punch’s French Caribbean cousin.) Generally speaking, the further south you go, the more bitter the rum punch. To put it another way, the closer you get to Trinidad, the more likely […]

Rum Journal: Your Own Private Beach Bar in Dominica

ROSEAU — YOU MIGHT pass by it 99 times out of 100. It’s just a few minutes outside of Roseau on the road toward Scotts Head, tucked in a quiet alley. But the quiet “The Pirates Bar” in Dominica is your own private beach bar. The bar, which specializes in fresh juices and an assortment […]

Rum Journal: 10 Great Rum Cocktail Recipes For Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving — time for egg nog, right? Well, not quite. There’s nothing like a classic egg nog with rum, but we thought we’d offer a list of 10 great alternative holiday cocktails using the finest rums from the Caribbean and the world. If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, have a wonderful holiday. If you’re not, […]

Rum Journal: Barbados' Doorly's XO Rum

Barbados is a land of many rums, many of which never make it beyond the shores of the island. Sure, there are Mount Gay and Cockspur, but the English-speaking Caribbean’s rum capital is full of small-batch rums with interesting names and unusual flavour profiles. That takes us to Doorly’s, a rum with more than eight […]

Rum Journal: Tasting the Caribbean's Strongest Rum

THE BARMAN reaches down for the bottle, appearing to look over his shoulder. This rum is only available for those who ask, he says. Why? “They call it plane fuel.” And when you taste it, you’ll soon think that the Grenadine Air Alliance runs exclusively on the stuff. The brand, made by St Vincent Distillers, […]

Rum Journal: Great Rum Distilleries to Visit in the Caribbean

It’s our favourite kind of tourism, and something we hope will continue to grow: rum tourism. The pride of the Caribbean, rum (and rhum) tells the story of the region, from the bad times to the good. And there’s no better way to engage with the history and taste of the Noble Spirit than by […]

Rum Journal: Sunset Punch From Barbados' Cockspur Rum

Above: the sea at St Lawrence Gap, Barbados (CJ Photo) Mount Gay may be the rum you think of when you think of Barbados, but we’re big fans of another Bajan product: Cockspur. Barbados’ other rum is an excellent alternative to the “Rum That Invented Rum,” and it’s also great in a number of creative […]

VIDEO: Martinique's Route des Rhums

California has the Napa Valley. France has Bordeaux. The French Caribbean island of Martinique has the Route des Rhums. In what just might be the rum capital of the Caribbean, Martinique, which specializes in rhum agricole, or rum made from sugar cane juice, not molasses, has 11 distilleries across a range of terrains, including those […]