The Tasting Panel Magazine Article – Rum with a French Accent

By Wednesday, July 11, 2012

RHUM AGRICOLE IS A FRENCH ISLAND TRADITION The majority of rum comes from distilling fermented molasses, a byproduct of sugar manufacturing. Rhum agricole, on the other hand, is a tightly controlled rum manufactured in the French territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe from freshpressed, free-running sugar cane juice. It is governed by an AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée). The ...

Summer-ize Your Spirits

By Monday, July 9, 2012

Not the wildest of reactions, but it's the one you want when you take that first sip of a summer cocktail after baking at the beach, playing a round of 18 or, let's face it, coming out of an air-conditioned car that you drove from your air-conditioned office to your air-conditioned home. (One can really ...