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Diving for Rum Bottles in Bonaire
One of the Caribbean’s top dive resorts is playing host to a new undersea bottle hunt next month, part of the second edition of Bonaire Rum Week. The weeklong rum celebration in the Dutch Caribbean will include the Buddy Dive […]
Helping Abaco, One Bottle of Rum at a Time
As Abaco continues to work on its recovery from the impact of Hurricane Dorian, there’s a new way to chip in. Rum company Papa’s Pilar has partnered with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation to create “Papa’s Pilar Relief & Rebuild,” […]
Rum Journal: Soggy Dollar Rum, a Journey to the BVI in a Bottle
By Alexander Britell One of the most beautiful — and perhaps most understated — things about rum is its power to transport. The romantic energy of rum can take you from wherever you’re indulging to a far-off Caribbean island somewhere, to […]
Rum Journal: How to Bottle Your Own Rum in Nevis
One of the most best (and most creative) rum shops in the Caribbean has just launched a terrific new experience: the chance to bottle your own rum. The L&L Rumshop on the island of Nevis, which is also home to […]
VIDEO: FedEx Takes A Bottle of Pepper Sauce From Nevis to China in New Ad
By the Caribbean Journal staff One of FedEx’s newest ads has a Caribbean star. The company’s United Kingdom division has produced a new advertising film highlighting its “show the world” campaign, featuring Nevisian pepper sauce maker Llewellyn Clark. “Mine’s a […]
Journeying to Charlie’s, the Oldest Bar in Aruba
The oldest bar in Aruba still draws a big crowd almost any time it’s open, even if these days tourists tend to outnumber oil workers elbowing their way into Charlie’s Bar for a cold beer or rum drink. Arriving on […]
A Low-Key, Lovely Adults-Only Beach Resort in Aruba
When Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort opened in 1987, it made sense for the hotel’s restaurant to be built in the shape of a boat shipwrecked on the sand: while Eagle Beach didn’t exactly resemble a desert island back […]
Is This the Best All-Inclusive Restaurant in Jamaica?
Its name is Zenith. It’s perched on the top floor of a stately, open-air white building with panoramic vistas of the aqua Caribbean below, hut-dotted white sand beaches below and pops of forest green mountains in the approachable distance. It’s […]
Rum Journal: The Newest Papa’s Pilar Has a Surfing Story
It began with an adventurer. Papa’s Pilar, the rum brand part owned by the Hemingway Estate and crafted in a spirit of adventure, gets its name from Ernest Hemingway, the great American novelist, explorer and champion of adventure. It’s a […]
Rum Journal: From Martinique, an Exciting New Trio of Caribbean Rums
It just might be the most remarkable rum distillery in the whole Caribbean: the Rhum JM distillery in Macouba in Martinique, set inside the rainforest at the base of the island’s towering Mont Pelee volcano. For nearly two centuries, Rhum […]
Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada
They have been making rum here in some form for almost three centuries, in a 500-acre estate anchored by waving cane fields on the southern coast of Grenada. As you walk around the grounds, you find the remnants of centuries […]
Rum Journal: The Best Rum in Belize
The focus of the rum world has traditionally been eastward. The vast number of distilleries across the islands of the Eastern Caribbean have always dominated the attention of rum consumers and connoisseurs alike, with only Guatemala’s Ron Zacapa and Nicaragua’s […]
Rum Journal: From Bermuda, a New Kind of Old Rum
Bermuda’s Gosling’s Rum has a special place among rum lovers. For years, before rum’s renaissance in the last decade, Gosling’s was often one of the few premium rums you could find a bar shelf. For true rum aficionados, its unmistakable […]
The Rolling Stones Fell in Love With Jamaica. Now They Have Their Own Caribbean Rum.
The more you travel the Caribbean, the more you feel The Rolling Stones’ footprint. Head to the Rockhouse in Negril, where the group stayed in the 70s, and you easily imagine them on those mystical cliffs. Or you can journey just […]
Is This the Best All-Inclusive Resort in Cancun?
Live Aqua Beach Beach Resort is arguably the best all-inclusive in Cancun, Mexico. Here’s why, from the sparkling rooms to the service to some very cool touches you won’t often find at Cancun-area resorts. For starters, the rooms: 371 newly-remodeled […]
The 10 Best Things to Do and See in Cancun, Mexico
There was a time in the mid-90’s where MTV and rowdy college drinkers neglected Cancun’s vast amount of attractions and opted to party the night away and sleep, well, until housekeeping arrived That is no longer the case. A hurricane […]
Yes, You Can Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort in St Thomas, USVI
The Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas may be the most popular all-inclusive resort you’ve never heard of. It’s not that the resort itself isn’t well-known: this family-run and managed, beach resort has been in business since 1974. But […]
The 15 Best Spa Resorts in the Caribbean
Resort spas have become almost as common as fitness centers on amenity lists, but while it’s simple enough to carve out some space for a few treatment rooms, there are some spas that offer a true “experience” to go along […]
Why the Cayman Islands Is a Caribbean Culinary Capital
Many Caribbean islands boast about their culinary scene, but events like the Cayman Cookout demonstrate why the Cayman Islands is a cut above the rest. Hosted by celebrity chef Eric Ripert, this annual food festival staged at the Ritz Carlton […]
Dominica’s Top Luxury Resort Is Also Green
It’s the undisputed luxury leader on the island of Dominica: the Secret Bay resort. But the hotel, which put Dominica on the map for luxury travelers when it debuted a decade ago, isn’t just luxe — it’s also sustainable. For […]
A Rum Movement Is Growing in Aruba
Down a quiet street in an industrial quarter of downtown Oranjestad sits a century-old home with brown wooden shutters and a barrel out front. It’s an area that has become an increasingly hip corner of Aruba, home to a growing […]
From Jamaica to Martinique, The World’s Best Rums Are Coming to St Barth
Martinique’s Rhum Neisson is the most exclusive rum on the planet. Made at a boutique distillery in the town of Carbet on the northwestern coast of Martinique, its aged expressions regularly fetch thousands of dollars per bottle, all in extremely […]
The Best New Restaurant in The Bahamas
It’s no secret that Nassau Paradise Island has become the Caribbean’s most dynamic culinary destination in the last few years. From longtime standouts like the country’s premier dining destination, Graycliff, to local favorites like Cafe Matisse and Sapodilla to new […]
Kenny Chesney Has a New Rum From the US Virgin Islands
There has been perhaps no greater ambassador for the Virgin Islands in recent memory than Kenny Chesney, the legendary country music artist who fell in love with that corner of the Caribbean and has made it a centerpiece of his […]
You Can’t Travel to Nassau, The Bahamas Without Visiting Graycliff
They say this is the oldest street in Nassau, so old it was here before there was a Nassau. It was here just up the hill from the harbour when this seafront city was called Charles Town, and then when […]
This Hotel Has the Best Wine List in the Caribbean
It’s no surprise that the home of the third-largest private wine cellar in the world is also the best wine list in the Caribbean. That’s precisely the case at legendary Nassau, Bahamas hotel Graycliff, whose remarkably broad collection of wine […]
The Best Things to See, Do (and Eat) on Grand Bahama Island
It’s as complete a destination as you’ll find in the Caribbean: large resorts, blindingly white-sand beaches, spectacular eco-attractions and a vibrant dining scene (including the popular Grand Bahama Island Restaurant Month). But Grand Bahama still flies under the radar. That’s despite […]
In St Kitts’ Oldest Town, an Exciting New Caribbean Rum
They made rum here for more than two centuries, when Old Road was new. The town of Old Road on St Kitts’ western coast is where the island then called Liamuiga first became part of the New World — […]
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