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What We’re Drinking – Papa’s Pilar Blonde Rum

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Papa's Pilar Blonde Rum, like the Dark Rum, is sourced from Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is column distilled, then solera aged through a series of different used barrels, first American Bourbon, then a mix of American Bourbon and Port, and then Port. Finally, it is blended and finished in Spanish

What We’re Drinking – Papa’s Pilar Dark Rum

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This is a truly unique rum, from production to flavor. Rums from Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean, some pot distilled and some column distilled, are solera aged through a series of different barrels. First they are aged in American Bourbon barrels. It goes next into a mix of Bourbon and Port

Love and Hate in the Land of Sherries

Becky Sue Epstein
Features
6 min read
The vast, dark room is filled with cobwebs, the stacks of wine barrels are ancient and the owner clearly hates us on sight: we are in heaven. Subconsciously, many of us (journalists) feel there’s a reverse correlation between the amount-read more-