Mark your calendars because the date is set and planning has started for the second annual Key West Bar Crawl to benefit Reef Relief. Don’t miss it. ______________________________________________________ Conched in Key West – Round 2 What started off as a group of friends getting together for some fun in Key West has evolved into an [...]
A week of rum, cocktails, parties, brand briefings and judging sessions finally comes to an end. The fourth annual Rum Renaissance Festival was a huge success! ____________________________________________________ The Rum Bus slowly made its way back to Key West last night with a cargo hold full of rum and a load of exhausted and happy passengers. [...]
Day 2 of Rum Week was action packed. Cocktails, brand parties, an impromptu beach session and late night rum fueled craziness ensued. Here’s the scoop. ____________________________________________________ I love Miami, I love Rum and I love RUM WEEK in Miami!! Yes, the team behind Rum Renaissance really put together a full tilt, pedal to the metal [...]
The 4th annual Miami Rum Week kicked off with a bang yesterday with rum soaked brand briefings and VIP parties. Here’s what happened… ____________________________________________________ We made the beautiful drive north from Key West to Miami yesterday, checked into the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach and immediately got mixed up in all the Rum Renaissance fun. [...]
The Rum Bus is packed to the roof and patiently idling in front of Rum Connection headquarters. The road trip to Miami for Rum Renaissance starts right now!! ____________________________________________________ We’ve been talking about it for weeks and the time has finally come to pack up our cameras and computers and make our way north to [...]
Miami’s Rum Renaissance Festival is a week of parties, tasting sessions, seminars and cocktail competitions. Here’s our favorite drink from Rum Ren. 2011. ___________________________________________________ Bermuda Triangle Cocktail A very warm and lazy day by the pool at the Deauville Hotel transitioned into a night under the stars with another lively cocktail competition hosted by Barritt’s [...]
Miami’s annual Rum Renaissance Festival is right around the corner and promises to be the biggest and best rum event to date. Here’s a look at what to expect. ___________________________________________________ The fourth annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival begins on Monday, April 16 with a series of evening VIP parties hosted by leading rum brands at [...]
After 150 years, Barbancourt continues to be one of the leading rum producers in the world. Check out the interesting history of this family owned business. _____________________________________________________ We made our way down to the local spirits shop last week to pick up a bottle of the newly re-released Pango Rhum from Barbancourt. This blend of [...]
The third annual Manhattan Cocktail Classic prepares to host thousands of festival goers for five days of cocktails, culture & pure fun. Here’s the scoop. _____________________________________________________ The Manhattan Cocktail Classic, New York City’s annual five-day celebration of cocktails and culture, is gearing up to ignite the city once again for the third annual festival, taking [...]
Bacardi celebrated their 150th birthday over the weekend with parties around the world. Several governments declare February 4th “Bacardi Day.” ________________________________________________________________________ Bacardi Limited officially marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company and its iconic Bacardi rum brand on February 4th with activities around the world. The company is celebrating its spectacular growth [...]
Cocktail competitions, rum tastings and celebrity lectures round out this year’s Rum Renaissance lineup. Here’s a new event that we’re looking forward to. _______________________________________________________ The annual Rum Renaissance Festival is set to take over Miami Beach this April with a week of fun and interesting cane-spirits focused events. One of the contests that we’re looking [...]
Bacardi promised a year of 150th anniversary parties and they weren’t joking. The stars came out in Miami last weekend to honor rum’s biggest brand. _____________________________________________________ On Saturday, January 28, Robert Furniss-Roe, Regional President of Bacardi North America, along with Facundo L. Bacardi, Chairman of Bacardi Limited and great-great grandson of Company founder Don Facundo Bacardi Masso, [...]
Mark your calendars, it’s nearly time for cane spirits aficionados from around the world to invade Miami for the week long celebration that is Rum Renaissance. _________________________________________________ The fourth annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, the largest gathering of rum experts and professionals in the world, will commence April 16 to 22 in South Florida. Rum [...]
Bacardi makes plans to celebrate their 150th birthday in 2012 with a year of parties, promotions, retail exclusives and a brand new limited-edition rum. _____________________________________________________ Bacardi declared today that 2012 will be its most innovative year since the creation of BACARDI rum in 1862. Throughout the year, Bacardi will host one-of-a-kind birthday parties, launch special [...]
Two weeks of parties in KW means the official beginning of tourist season. How did we celebrate? By introducing a few hundred people to good rum and cocktails. _____________________________________________________ What a week it was. Thousands of Parrotheads invaded Key West for the annual Meeting of the Minds music conference. Every day was packed with concerts, [...]