Marie-Galante
Marie-Galante, a small island to the south of Guadeloupe, on which it is administratively dependent, has the advantage of being largely untouched by tourism. This partly explains the high density of sugar cane cultivation: 20% of the island's territory, or a total of 3,000 hectares!
The planters have preserved traditional methods of cultivation, such as hand-cutting the cane and transporting it by ox-cart (cabrouets)...
The distilleries in operation produce top-quality agricultural rums: Bellevue, Poisson (and its famous Père Labat), Bielle and Rhumrhum PMG.
By far the most popular white rum locally is Bielle. Read less