Trois Rivières / La Mauny: interview with Daniel Baudin

Daniel Baudin is passionate, a connoisseur, an expert. Voted best cellar master in the world in 2018, he has worked since 1991 for Trois Rivières and Maison La Mauny. Thus, for more than 30 years, he has been carrying out, with his team, the blending and aging of the Grandes Cuvées and Vintages of the Trois Rivières and Maison brands […]

Towards a new era of Cuban rum

A brief history of rum in Cuba The island of Cuba was colonized relatively late, in 1511, when Diego Velazquez de Cuellar established the first 7 large cities there. Cane plants were quickly imported, as well as slaves, without producing sugar. The juice of the cane was used […]

Rum Bologna: interview with Lydia Loimon

Guadeloupe rums have never been so dynamic! The butterfly island moves, innovates. We realize, at trade fairs in particular, that its distilleries are offering us more and more different things. With single-plot, single-varietal rums, brut de casks, brut de column, and other projects that you will discover in this interview, […]

The East India Company: interview with Florent Beuchet

With almost 6 years of existence, La Compagnie des Indes is one of the pioneers of French independent bottling. At a time when IBs (“Independent Bottlers”) are flourishing everywhere, we wanted to take stock with Florent Beuchet. We talked about his vision of the world of rum today and tomorrow, addressing […]

Hubert Corman: interview with a wine merchant-bottler

The arrival of the Corman Collins bottlings on the site is an opportunity for us to discover their creator, Hubert Corman. This essential character from across Quiévrain has been immersed in spirits for several decades and certainly has a lot to tell us. But first, let's let him introduce himself: Hubert Corman, originally from Battice in Belgium, born […]

Reimonenq: interview with Delphine Termosiris

We have always wanted to know better the Basse Terre distillery masterfully run by Léopold Reimonenq, a true memory of Guadeloupean rum. Delphine Termosiris, marketing manager for the distillery, was kind enough to answer our questions, and thus lift the veil on these very unique agricultural rums, with a recognizable personality among all others. […]

The Silent: meeting with Cyril Weglarz and Fredi Marcarini

Since the announcement of the book project “Les Silencieux – du rhum et des Hommes” at the beginning of 2019, the little rum world has been impatient to finally be able to read this work. Our rum culture has considerably enriched in recent years, as has our historical and technical knowledge. Debates and gossip are as many soap operas as […]