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Marriott Is Reopening These Two All-Inclusive Beach Resorts in Barbados in 2026

When Marriott International acquired Elegant Hotels back in 2019, it quietly reshaped Barbados’ resort landscape. The deal brought a collection of established beachfront properties into Marriott’s portfolio. More importantly, it kicked off Marriott’s foray into the all-inclusive space, beginning what has been a massive expansion into all-inclusive all over the Caribbean region and beyond. In […]

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Rum Journal: A Bourbon-Edged Expression from Papa’s Pilar

We’ve long been fans of the upstart Papa’s Pilar rum brand, thanks to what is one of the industry’s most drinkable rums and a terrific, authentic Hemingway-backed story. The brand has taken that drinkability both to hard-core rum aficionados and, more importantly, to bourbon and whisky drinkers. The latter is likely the focus behind the […]

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Rum Journal: The New “Platinum Blonde” from Papa's Pilar

Another limited edition, another hit. The Hemingway Rum Company’s Papa’s Pilar Rum has debuted another limited-edition expression: Platinum Blonde. It’s remarkable to think about how far the company has come since it first launched in 2013 with its blonde and dark expressions, from opening its distillery in Key West last year to its superb sherry-finish […]

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Rum Journal: Papa’s Pilar Sherry Finish

By Alexander Britell It’s hard to believe it’s been almost five years since Papa’s Pilar rum first made its debut. The brand’s traditional aged rum, which is part owned by the Hemingway family and looks to exemplify Hemingway’s spirit of adventure, is a blend of rums from Florida, the Caribbean and Central America — and […]

Rum Journal: The New “Platinum Blonde” from Papa's Pilar

BY ALEXANDER BRITELL The sun burned and then the doors opened and the rum began to flow, in the way only rum can on a hot afternoon. In an old grey building on Simonton Street in this island corner of America, the Hemingway Rum Company finally had found a home. Four years after its birth, […]

Rum Journal: Drink Rum and Help Preserve the World’s Oceans

It’s an idea fit for Ernest Hemingway. Papa’s Pilar, the rum that bears the name of Ernest Hemingway’s famous fishing boat, has launched a new campaign to encourage ocean preservation. Timed with World Oceans Day and Hemingway’s birthday, the campaign will see the company donate $1 to the Ocean Foundation every time a fan posts […]

A Recipe for a Hemingway Daiquiri

The Hemingway Daiquiri – a twist on the classic cocktail of rum, lime juice and sugar – is the subject of some debate among the drink’s enthusiasts. The recipe commonly associated with the order of the “Hemingway Daiquiri” is actually that of “Daiquiri #3,” the long-time house Daiquiri of Havana’s El Floridita Bar, where Hemingway first ordered […]

Rum Journal: Martinique’s Rhum Saint James Hors D’age

Almost any rum lover (or Hemingway enthusiast) will remember. It’s the rum that Ernest Hemingway drank in A Moveable Feast: Rhum St James. Papa himself orders the drink to warm up on a cold day in Paris. It’s something that led this writer to first search out the drink years ago, and just might be the […]

Hemingway in Cuba

By Charles Bane, Jr CJ Contributor FROM THE moment Ernest Hemingway saw Finca Vigia ( Lookout Farm) outside Havana in 1939, it became his home in the deepest sense. The southern location, warm year round, gave him ease; evidence now suggests that Hemingway suffered from bipolar disorder, which then was neither known as a condition, […]

Remembering Hemingway in Cuba

Above: Ernest Hemingway on his boat, Pilar, off Cuba, around 1950 By the Caribbean Journal staff The 14th International Ernest Hemingway Colloquium began Thursday in Havana, aiming to promote the “exchange of information” about the noted writer and adventurer. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction that Hemingway won for […]

Rum Journal: A Hot Rum Punch Recipe For Thanksgiving

For CJ readers who aren’t in the Caribbean right now, we sympathize. And we have some help for you. Phil Greene, the author of To Have and Have Another, an Ernest Hemingway cocktail companion, has offered the recipe for what he calls the “Hemingway Hot Rum Punch.” And trust us, it will warm you up […]

A New Sculpture For Cuba's Ernest Hemingway Museum

Above: the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff The Ernest Hemingway Museum in Cuba will soon have a new sculpture for its collection. The work, by Italian artist Renzo Orvieto, was donated by fellow Italian Franco Lucchetta. It will occupy the former home of Hemingway in the town of San Francisco […]