CWave Beverages launched Caribbean Wave Premium Island Cocktails in two varieties: Goombay Punch Rum Cocktail and Cool Runnin’ Vodka Cocktail.

When the founder of Bacardi, Don Facundo Bacardí Massó, purchased the company’s first distillery in Cuba, he found a colony of fruit bats hanging from the rafters. 

 Coinciding with its 125th anniversary, Rhum Clément debuted new packaging for Première Canne, its 80-proof aromatic white Rhum Agricole.  

 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence, Kobrand Spirits launched Appleton Estate 50-Year-Old Jamaica Rum, which blends rums that have been aged for a minimum of 50 years.  

Gruppo Campari, Milan, signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Lascelles deMercado & Co. Ltd. (LdM), a publicly traded holding company based in Kingston, Jamaica, for nearly $415 million.

Produced at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados, Shellback Silver and Spiced Rums now are imported into the United States by Grande Antilles Cane Spirits.

The Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. Ltd. launched a limited-edition small-batch beer infused with spiced Caribbean rum.

 Itsko Imports Inc. launched Pumpkin Face Rum, a new line of ultra-premium rum from the Dominican Republic, in jack-o-lantern-shaped bottles by Flowdesign.  

Pernod Ricard USA launched Kahlúa Midnight, a 70-proof mix of rum and black coffee liqueur.

The West Australian Distilling Co. launched South Sea Rum, which is a blonde agricole-style rum crafted with free-run juice from the first pressing of hand-selected Queensland sugar cane crops.