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Miami Rum Renaissance 2013: |
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The fifth annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival --
the largest gathering of rum experts, professionals and enthusiasts in
the world -- will span Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the
Doubletree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center.
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pages.
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German RumFest big succes! |
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This years German RumFest in Berlin was held for
the second time. This time it was bigger, better and with plenty new
things. A true competitor for London and Miami!
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pages.
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Havana Club Seleccion de Maestros: |
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Havana Club International S.A. is embracing its
strong Cuban heritage with the launch of Havana Club Selección de
Maestros. This latest addition to the range will be available in key
markets from October 2010 and is set to drive the emerging ultra premium
rum category.
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pages.
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Cockspur reorganizes in
the US: |
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The West Indies Rum Distillery, the historic beachside facility which is the home of Cockspur Rum, has
announced major changes to its approach to the US
market.
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pages.
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Diplomatico soon reveals new
Rums: |
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In my talks with Diplomatico Master Blender Tito
Cordero for my website Rumpages.com Tito mentioned that he is developing
new super premium rums.
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pages.
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New group of Rum experts formed: RumXP: |
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In 2009
Robert A. & Robert V. Burr established a panel of experts to evaluate
fine rums: RumXP (refering to Rum Experts). I am
one of them.
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Fire hits Wray & Nephew: |
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A fire has seriously damaged
two rum ageing warehouses and a cooperage owned by J Wray & Nephew Ltd,
owner of Appleton Estate rum in Jamaica.
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Welcome back: |
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Welcome back to the brand new Rum Pages.
Many people wont see all changes that I
made, but believe me this site has changed a lot. No more
frames within frames, all pages are 1 frame now. Making a
proper link to a certain page is much easier now.
Because of the huge amount of changes,
the old site is not yet transformed into the new one. To
be more precise, only what you see on this page is
operational at this moment (and the links that are already
placed). The old pages will be included in this new one,
but that will take a lot of time. It took me 5 years to
build the old one, so don't expect me to change the whole
website within a few days.
I hope you all enjoy the new look. Send me an email
with your thoughts and ideas. Also keep on sending me that news that you
hear, because with a little help you can find everything you need to
know on these pages.
I will keep you
all informed about my progress.
Cheers, Rene
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Zacapa book: Journey to above the clouds: |
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Website
editor, international judge, writer, photographer, journalist and Rum
connoisseur Rene van Hoven (yours truly) wrote a book about Zacapa (October
2012). His first
of hopefully many to come.
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UK RumFest 2010 noiminees & Update: |
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Until 2010, there has been no internationally
recognised award for the efforts of the many rum brands that have been
first fermented, distilled, aged and blended to a level where even the
angels themselves declared that their share of sugarcane spirit must be
more than they take from a fine Cognac or single malt scotch.
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Diageo and Bacardi
Rum & tax conflict: |
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Diageo is attacking rival Bacardi because of
Bacardi’s “hidden campaign” for rum supremacy in America
that would "kill" off a series of lucrative tax excises
that the maker of Captain Morgan rum would receive by
shifting production from Puerto Rico to the US Virgin
Islands.
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Mosaiq Inc. acquired
global rights Lemon Hart: |
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On February 15 2010, Mosaiq Inc.
announced that it has acquired the global rights to the
Lemon Hart Rum brand from Pernod Ricard. Financial details
of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Earthquake hits Haiti: UPDATE: |
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A few days later it appeared that
the plant in the capital city Port-au-Prince suffered
extensive damage. Alain Duret, the company’s human
resources director said that it seems that an entire
exterior wall of the distillery was knocked down,
equipment was damaged and barrels of ageing rum were
destroyed.
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Bacardi contributes to Haitian relief: |
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Bacardi Limited,
the world’s largest privately held spirits company, has
donated $50,000 for immediate relief to aid victims of the
devastating earthquake in Haiti. Bacardi Limited partnered
with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), the
disaster relief arm for the Organization of American
States. In addition, various country companies within the
Bacardi family of companies have organized Haiti relief
collection events at their facilities.
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Whisky Passion Articles Update: |
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All the articles
that I wrote for Whisky Passion are online again. Although the articles are
written in Dutch it gives some insight in my writing history. I might
translate some of them in the future (as soon as I can buy some time).
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