Late last year the San Francisco World Spirits Competition named its Best In Class winners from across all major categories.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BFA, BFB) announced today it has reached an agreement to purchase the Diplomático Rum brand and related assets from Destillers United ...

When you think of Puerto Rican rum, you might initially think of Bacardi. This isn’t surprising since it’s one of the most popular and most accessible rum brands in the world. But it’s not the first ...

Every year thousands of rums are entered in international spirit competitions. Less than 10% earn Gold medals or the even rarer Double Gold. Only a handful can aspire to the crown of world’s best.

Ron del Barrilito calls itself Puerto Rico’s oldest rum brand, although according to expert sources that might not actually be the case. Regardless, it makes some very good and respectable rum at the ...

KOHALA, Hawai'i, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Kuleana Rum Works, the award-winning additive-free rum from the Island of Hawai'i, is pleased to announce recent monumental success, with 84% ...

It has been one of the worst-performing spirit categories in the U.S. The IWSR, the global leader for beverage alcohol data and insights, provided a snapshot of rum’s compound annual growth rate from ...

It’s fitting to start where it all began. Barbados, where Mount Gay has been producing since 1703, is considered the birthplace of Caribbean rum. Today Trudiann Branker, the brand’s first female ...

In 1993, Pernod Ricard and The Cuba Ron SA Corporation created the joint venture Havana Club International S.A., to bring Havana Club to rum enthusiasts around the world. Crafted in accordance with ...

Marc Farrell became Starbucks' youngest vice president at the age of 33. Farrell, who is from Trinidad and Tobago, calls his three years at Starbucks a "finishing school." He left to launch his rum ...

Bacardí is perhaps the most iconic rum in the Americas and is credited with creating classic cocktails, such as the Cuba Libre (rum and Coca-Cola) and the daiquiri, a favorite of Ernest Hemingway.