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P&O Cruises Is Bringing Homeporting to St. Kitts

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St. Kitts is taking a significant step in its evolution within the regional cruise industry, securing new homeporting operations that will shift the destination from a traditional port of call to a full embarkation and disembarkation hub. Tourism Minister Marsha T. Henderson announced that P&O Cruises, operating under the Carnival Corporationumbrella, will begin homeporting in St. Kitts. The move […]

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The Ultimate Foodie Getaway to St Barth

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The greatest food in the world and the greatest rum in the world, all one one island for one week.  That’s the case each November when the Caribbean Rum Awards and the St Barth Gourmet Festival come together for a week of sheer gastronomic bliss.  The Caribbean Rum Awards is the ultimate rum experience in […]

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Rum Journal: The Best Rums of 2019

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In 2012, Caribbean Journal’s Rum Journal first launched the Rum Awards — a unique celebration of the best rums of the year.  And after seven previous incarnations, the annual Rum Awards morphed into a full-fledged rum event in St Barth, the recently-concluded Caribbean Rum Awards, now an annual event on the Caribbean’s most exclusive island […]

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The Winners of the Caribbean Rum Awards in St Barth

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GUSTAVIA — It came down to a rum-off.  For the first time, the most exclusive rums in the Caribbean went head-to-head in a blind tasting competition at Caribbean Journal’s Caribbean Rum Awards in St Barth, and a team of seven international rum judges finally decided on a winner.  It was a superstar rum field: Ron Del […]


Rum Journal: The Best Rums of 2019

November is one of our favorite times of year to travel to the Caribbean. The weather is glorious, the crowds are less and the deals are plenty. But it’s also close enough to peak season that you’ll still get much of the same energy and activity as you will during high season.  The latest edition […]

The First-Ever Caribbean Rum Awards

By the Caribbean Journal staff The first-ever Caribbean Rum Awards was held in Saint Lucia this weekend, and the winners have been selected. The awards, curated by Caribbean Journal and a team of nine judges, covered six categories, including white rum, white rhum agricole, best rum, best rhum agricole, spiced rum and gold rum, all […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards — 2018

It’s hard to believe that this year is the seventh annual edition of the Rum Awards, a celebration of rum that was one of the earliest innovations of Caribbean Journal. And it’s just as remarkable how much rum has changed in these seven years. Today, an increasingly knowledgable consumer base is appreciating the unparalleled diversity […]

A Celebration of Rum in St Lucia

By the Caribbean Journal staff This year’s St Lucia Food and Rum Festival will include a major new expansion: Caribbean Journal’s first-ever Caribbean Rum Awards, a celebration of the best of rum-making from around the region and the world. The Caribbean Rum Awards, which will take place Jan. 12-14, will include a special jury, a […]

Why You Need to Visit the Saint Lucia Food and Rum Festival

By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s the must-visit food Caribbean festival of 2018: the Saint Lucia Food and Rum Festival, which returns in January with a new schedule and an appearance by one of the world’s top chefs, Marcus Samuelsson. The festival, which is taking place Jan. 12-14, also includes another major addition: the first-ever […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2016

It’s hard to believe we’re celebrating five years of the landmark Rum Awards, Rum Journal’s annual celebration of the best in rum around the Caribbean and the world. A lot has changed in the rum world since then, with awareness of the diversity and quality of rum at an all-time high and showing no signs […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2017

It began in 2012 with an idea: to lift up rum. The aim was to celebrate the glory of rum, to honor the greatest rums just as wines and spirits and so many other categories are honored. Rum Journal’s Rum Awards is now in its sixth year, having grown into one of the world’s most […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2015

There’s something different about sipping a glass of fine rum. Sure, there are great spirits from around the world. But when you drink a glass of rum, you’re tasting something else — history, culture, love, torment, romance. You are tasting a place. Often, you are tasting the Caribbean. And that’s what makes rum not just […]