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...gunpowder and light it before swilling--has suddenly risen above Captain Morgan to compete with Napoléon. U.S. sales of high-end rums shot up 45% over the past three years, to $287 million, according to the Distilled Spirits Council in Washington. Gourmet restaurants are taking notice. Labels like Santa Teresa's 1796--a top Hamilton pick for its "honey smooth" finish--from Venezuela are after-dinner favorites at Cacao in Miami. "It reminds me of the global market shift to New World wines," says Cacao's chef-owner, Edgar Leal, who has begun hosting aged-rum tastings. "The same...
...producers are enjoying the high. "It's taken centuries for rum to find itself in the eye of the hurricane and enjoy this kind of global respect," says Henrique Vollmer, international director at Santa Teresa, which is based on a 5,000-acre sugarcane hacienda 50 miles west of Caracas and pulled in $40 million in sales last year. "We're not going to let it go." Nor will Hamilton. His other favorites include Neisson Rhum Agricole Réserve Spéciale from Martinique and Mount Gay Extra Old from Barbados. "They've brought a welcome new dimension of flavors...
Roya Fouladi, SANTA ANA, CALIF...
Resort collections also provide an opportunity for press attention at a time when the market is quiet. In May, both Dior and Chanel invested in full-scale runway shows in New York City and Los Angeles, respectively. Chanel's elaborate presentation at a private hangar at the Santa Monica airport included a host of camera-friendly celebrities like a pre--Memorial Day rehab Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham and Demi Moore, plus two Challenger 601 jets that carried the models right onto the "runway...
...couple, we conferred the status of treasured child upon the dog. We phoned each other with updates of his escapades. We gave him nicknames like Bunny and Sir Gas-a-lot. Framed photos of him adorned our home and my office. For Christmas portraits, we dressed him in a Santa...