Monthly Archives - January 2020

The history of Bacardi(4)

Bottling plants in Mexico City and wineries in Puerto Rico opened in the 1930s. During this period, several trademark disputes occurred, focusing on the use of Bacardi brand names for rum made outside Cuba. In a dispute, Henry Shug retained the right to continue to use the Bacardi family name on products made in Puerto Rico, while also gaining leadership of the company. In other disputes, Bacardi also won the victory and was allowed to “only cocktails made with [...]

The history of Bacardi(3)

Bacardi (as early as the early 18th century, pirates in the Caribbean had been conquered by the same wild and domineering rum, hence the nickname “pirate wine”. )In 1912, Emilio Bacardi bought a mummy while traveling in Egypt as an exhibit at the Emilio Bacardi Moro Metropolitan Museum, which will open in San Diego. The mummy is still on display. In San Diego, his brother fakundo M. Bacardi continued to run the company with Henry Shug, who set up [...]

The history of Bacardi(2)

Fakundo and his brother Hesai built a small winery on February 4, 1862, and put the previous experimental findings into commercial production. Their first copper and cast iron distiller produced 35 barrels of fermented molasses a day. Fruit bats live on the beams of workshop houses, so bats have become the bat trademark of Bacardi.By 1890, the company was in turmoil. Emilio Bacardi, the eldest son of fikundo, was exiled for his part in the Cuban war of independence [...]