A cloud rests over the summit of Nevis Peak. Stone sugar mills emerge from tropical gardens. Wooden houses and Georgian buildings line the compact streets of Charlestown, where church bells, fruit stalls and centuries of Caribbean history occupy the same few blocks. Down by the sea, the mood changes. The water off Pinney’s Beach is […]
After a long day on the North Sound you need a good rum. But not just any rum will do. So you walk around the Windward Mark Bar and find the rum corner. This is the home of rum at the newest bar at the Bitter End Yacht Club, a collection of fine rums that […]
To find this rum, you must journey to the base of a volcano. Here at the foot of Mont Pelee, that fearsome summit in the north of Martinique, is the home of Rhum Depaz. And this beautiful plantation makes some of the Caribbean’s greatest rum, though even in Martinique it’s generally makes it only as […]
By Alexander Britell TROIS ILETS — You know you’ve ordered properly when the barman leaves to fetch the key. At the wonderful Le Gommier bar at the Hotel Bakoua in Martinique, it’s hard not to make the right choice — and it’s what’s behind the lock that’s worth the trip. This well-designed lobby bar at […]
