Bacardi rum giant cancels fair amid economic woes (AP via Yahoo! Finance)Rum giant Bacardi Ltd. is canceling a popular annual artisans' fair at its Puerto Rico distillery due to the global recession.

Trademark wars: US goods carry famous Cuba brands (AP via Yahoo! News)Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital.

A Look Back:Prohibited or not, the booze kept flowing (Daily Pilot)Decades before the Prohibition era brought smugglers to Newport's beaches, their boats laden with barrels of whiskey and rum, the city had a problem with unlicensed drinking establishments called blind pigs.

Middle Eastern Odyssey Part IV (The Garden Island)Jordan: The Desert-Wadi Rum Bedouins are nomadic desert people who traditionally move their tents, goats, and sheep to greener pastures. But green is as rare as an albino camel in this part of the world where the pallet is limited to many hues of beige. The landscape may be decorated with the occasional small tenacious shrub, and/ or punctuated by black rocks— or nothing! We pass black goat-hair ...

No workers injured when fire breaks out at Massey Energy's Rum Creek, W.Va., plant (The San Francisco Examiner)CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Coal producer Massey Energy Co. said Thursday that all of its workers are safe after a fire broke out at its Rum Creek, W. Va. plant.

If U.S. eases trade embargo with Cuba, companies face battle over brand names (The Tuscaloosa News)By Michael Felberbaum and Will Weissert The Associated Press Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital.

Trademark wars: US goods carry famous Cuba brands (Newsday)SAN JOSE DE LAS LAJAS, Cuba (AP) — Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital. "It has to be Cuban," said Navarro, the oldest of the island's nine certified rum experts. "Havana Club can't exist anywhere else." But another Havana Club does exist, one made by Bermuda -based rum giant Bacardi Ltd ...

Trademark wars: US goods carry famous Cuba brands (San Francisco Chronicle)Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital. "It has to be Cuban," said Navarro, the oldest of the island's nine certified rum experts. "Havana Club can't... Sponsored Topics: Cuba - Caribbean - Havana Club - José Antonio Navarro - Jose Navarro

Barbados a festival of food (The Chilliwack Progress)Attending Taste of Barbados' evening at Holder's is a bit like crashing a Hollywood party—but with tents filled with Barbadian delicacies, from spices to rum, and steam tables offering food galore.

'Cuban' rums, cigars not neccessarily the same as the real thing (New Orleans Times-Picayune)Havana Club Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital. "It has to be Cuban," said Navarro, the oldest of the island's nine...

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