Magnificent Martinique

By Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The crystalline turquoise waters drew us in, and one by one, we submerged in the shallows of Josephine’s Bathtub. The legendary swimming hole off the coast of Martinique is a natural wonder created by a long white sandbar, so named for Napoleon’s empress who reputedly liked to bathe there as a young girl. I was with ...

Adventures: Rhum with a View

By Friday, January 8, 2016

Island Exports If you can’t make it to Martinique, look for these bottles at your local liquor store The distilleries on Martinique that are fumante—"smoking," meaning currently producing rhum agricole—bottle hundreds of variations, from basic white to flavored to blends barrel-aged for decades. Although only a fraction of those get exported to the United States, here are ...

Rum Journal: Tasting a Guadeloupe Rhum From 1991

By Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Far on the eastern end of Guadeloupe’s butterflied island pair is Le Moule. It is a nondescript place of farms and palm trees, quiet and breezy. But it has a secret. In a lush hilltop next to an old mill is one of the Caribbean’s best rum distilleries: Damoiseau. It’s long been a Rum Journal favorite, whether the ...

L’Esprit de Damoiseau – Cocktail Competition!

By Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Damoiseau Cocktail Competition to Win a trip to Guadeloupe About Damoiseau Rhum Rhum Damoiseau is the most popular rhum known in the French archipelago of Guadeloupe. The brand embodies the rich, quality-driven approach to French Caribbean Rhum while still maintaining a sense of humor and humility that is so prevalent in the sporty and casual culture of ...