• 34 Mayfair x Ron Santiago de Cuba

    34 Mayfair x Ron Santiago de Cuba

    Tucked away between Grosvenor Square and Mount Street, 34 Mayfair is something of a modern classic. It was opened by Richard Caring in 2011 and offers that special brand of sophistication that favours graces over airs. The setting is elegant, the food is exceptional, the staff are on point but, crucially, it is a warm…

  • Havana Club —The Icónica Collection

    Havana Club —The Icónica Collection

    They see themselves not as mere makers of an alcoholic beverage, but as a protector of something far more difficult to bottle. Rum is an island spirit in both meanings of the word. It begets visions of paradise, of piracy. It is a symbol of Cuba’s staunch rebellion against all who have tried to break…

  • Mount Gay — The Single Estate Series

    Mount Gay — The Single Estate Series

    Over the past few years, the stock of premium rum in the world of dark spirits has been on the rise. With good cause too, after all rum has been around for over three centuries now; expertise has been refined, and technology harmonised with tradition. Accelerated by the Caribbean climate, the “speedy” ageing process of rum…