I was offered plantation rum, saw plantation-themed shutters and then a plantation-linked housing estate. And I thought: enough It was date night in the upmarket, ever-fashionable Ivy restaurant, and ...

A popular Carribean rum has been rebranded over allegations that the name has “hurtful” links to slavery. Spirits producer Maison Ferrand changed the name of its Plantation rum to Planteray rum.

I’ve fallen head first into a bottle of rum on many occasions in my life, and you know what I’ve never said, ever? I’ve never said, “man, I wish this rum was stronger.” The standard 80 proof rum seems ...

Whiskey fans take note, because Plantation Rum has just released a trio of vintage rums from Barbados that can rival any single malt or rare bourbon in terms of age, price and quality. Extrême ...

So you bet people took notice a few years back, when Plantation Rum introduced something called the Extrême Collection. Here you had one of the world’s most celebrated producers boldly challenging rum ...

The dirty little secret of “secondary barrel finishes,” when it comes to the bourbon world, is that they’re often little more than a method to differentiate (and sweeten) a new limited release in the ...

A few years ago I was working with a family that wanted to build a rum distillery on their land—a 2,000-acre sugar plantation that their ancestors had acquired in the 1850s. They insisted to me from ...

Distilled and aged for a time in Fiji, Plantation Isle of Fiji Double Barrel Rum then heads to the south of France for finishing school. By Florence Fabricant Rum is made in dozens of countries, each ...