Category: Wine and Rum
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Read more: Alcoholic capitalism: How rum fuelled Canada’s early economyThis is a good read on one of my favourite indulgences. I developed my taste for rum in the Caribbean. Fascinating to learn about it’s influence here in Canada. Take the time to read this piece from…
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Read more: Rum Review TimeThe 12 Most Popular Rum Brands in the World for 2025 December 11, 2025 The rum industry, which long found success with production in the Americas, might be experiencing the onset of a new guard. Philippines-based distillery Tanduay has…
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Read more: Founded Circa 1753…Melissa is not the first, or last, hurricane to come for Jamaica, its people and its rumHurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica and the rest of the western Caribbean. Scores of people were killed or injured, estimates suggest that Jamaica has lost 30% of its GDP! As a former High Commissioner to Jamaica and…
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Read more: A rare look into the 51-year journey behind Appleton Estate’s most exclusive rum releaseOk…I know this is advertising content…but it is a great story As the adage goes, good things come to those who wait. Appleton Estate, Jamaica’s largest rum distillery, knows a thing or two about that. This estate,…
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Read more: Canada was once the number-one buyer of U.S. wines. Since the trade war, that’s changed -
Read more: A founding father of Canadian wine still has work to doA good idea here… Christopher Waters Special to The Globe and Mail Published June 25, 2025 Donald Ziraldo, who helped kick-startthe modern wine industry in Canada by launching Inniskillin Wines with co-founder Karl Kaiser in 1975, is pushing…
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Read more: What makes a rum Jamaican? Question at heart of Caribbean legal dispute23 March 2025, Jacob Evans Rum is a key part of Jamaica’s cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican? That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the…
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Read more: NAFTA Wineing
Add American winemakers to the list of businesses opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement Author of the article: Naomi Powell Published Sep 20, 2018 Add American winemakers to the…
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Read more: Hampden Rum Estate…getting ready for the school buildJust on the border of Trelawny and St. James parishes is the Hampden Rum Estate. Given the well known medicinal properties of Jamaican rum, Eric and I paid a visit to get our bodies and minds ready…
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Read more: Canada’s Wine Regions
I found this great website by a gentleman with the name of Robert Bell that provides a summary of the various wine regions and wineries in Canada. I would have found this useful as a representational tool during my…