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The two distilleries export in the form of intermodal tank containers at high proof and bottle elsewhere. V.I.R.I. Inc. has a proprietary brand Cruzan but produces a great variety of distributor brands. Captain Morgan ; Cruzan (Suntory Global Spirits Virgin Islands Rum Industries, Inc) Sailor Jerry (William Grant & Sons) Bones Rum (St. Thomas)
These products were the main exports of the North American colonies, which led to a very secure business relationship between the two areas. Molasses was important in triangular trade . In the triangular trade, slave traders from New England would bring rum to Africa, and in return, they would purchase enslaved Africans.
Takamaka rum is a brand of rum that is distilled, aged and blended at the Trois Frères Distillery on the site of La Plaine St André. [7] The distillery has been operating since 2002, and was founded by the d’Offay brothers, Richard and Bernard d’Offay. [8] It is the first and only commercial rum producer and exporter in Seychelles. [9]
Rhum Barbancourt is rum produced from pure sugar cane juice and bottled in Haiti by Société du Rhum Barbancourt.The distillery is one of Haiti's oldest institutions, and its rum is the country's most famous export, widely regarded as among the finest rums in the world for over 150 years.
The oldest surviving deed for the company is from 1703, making Mount Gay Rum the world's oldest commercial rum distillery. [1] The current majority shareholder of Mount Gay Distilleries since 1989 is Rémy Cointreau. [2] [3] Mount Gay Rum is sold in 110 countries, [4] and its primary export market is the United States of America. [5]
A bottle of Cacique rum. Cacique is a Venezuelan brand of rum first marketed in 1959. The Cacique product lines are owned by Diageo, the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. It is the best-selling rum in Venezuela and a leading exporter to other South American countries and Europe (notably Spain).
Rum at this time accounted for approximately 80% of New England's exports, and paying the duty would have put the distilleries out of business: as a result, both compliance with and enforcement of the act were minimal. [19] Strict enforcement of the Molasses Act's successor, the Sugar Act 1764, may have helped cause the American Revolution. [24]
Pernod Ricard's Havana Club is the fifth-largest rum brand in the world, with almost 4 million cases sold in 2012–2013. [26] It is sold in over 120 countries. [ 9 ] Its strongest markets include France, and Germany, where marketing plays off the brand's distribution in East Germany during the Cold War. [ 27 ]