St. Lucia Distillers has launched the Saint Lucia Rum Expertise, which can take guests on a tour by way of its facility, Roseau Valley, and all the best way all the way down to the seashore. The spirit tourism challenge finds the island’s solely distillery leveling up its tourism sport, whereas additionally offering for native communities.
“Laurie Barnard who helmed St. Lucia Distillers from 1988 to 2012, could be happy with current developments,” stated CEO Margaret Monplaisir. “The prevailing rum tour was began in 1998 and is now getting into one other section”.
The brand new attraction will embrace a scenic pond, sugar cane fields, and improved entry roads main all the best way to the Roseau seashore, in addition to a wide range of investments to assist the native Roseau neighborhood.
Present chairman Grégoire Gueden added: “This new attraction is designed to be like no different rum tour within the area.”
Since its acquisition by the Bernard Hayot Group in 2016, the distillery has inaugurated three new buildings designed to extend growing old capability to greater than 12,000 casks.
In 2021, the distillery house for Chairman’s Reserve, Admiral Rodney, and Bounty rums, exported over 600,000 bottles to 45 international locations all over the world, with the brand new improvement anticipated to triple that in coming years.
For extra info on the rum tour, head over to St Lucia Distillers’ official web site.
