Caribbean

 (RUM on BARBADOS, MARTINIQUE & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)1600 (plus extra drinks section)

Rum conjures up images of sailors, pirates and smugglers rolling out barrels of liquid gold on to isolated beaches by the light of a silvery moon. The English know it as rum, the French say rhum and the Spanish call it ron, but no matter how you say it, it’s intrinsically connected with the Caribbean. Andrew Marshall visits a trio of countries in the region where some of the world’s best rums are produced…