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The assortment of rums is being distributed by Park Street Imports<\/h3>\nThe assortment of rums is being distributed by Park Street Imports<\/h3>\nJohn Watling\u2019s Distillery has joined the export market, recently opening up its rum for sale to United States consumers.<\/p>\n
In a press release announcing the move, the distillery said it began the export of its rums, with the signature name John Watling\u2019s, to the U.S. on January 2 of this year.<\/p>\n
The assortment of rums is available for purchase on the company\u2019s website www.johnwatlings.com., and is being distributed by Park Street Imports, a technologically-driven provider of alcoholic beverage importing.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn Watling\u2019s rums are named after John Watling, the English buccaneer who, in the 1670s, landed on San Salvador, The Bahamas, and named it after himself,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn San Salvador, formerly known as Guanahani and later Watling Island, it is rumored that Watling\u2019s treasure remains undisturbed at Fortune Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n
The release explains that the rums are the only local spirits \u201clisted as recommended by the Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago, Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been recognized and awarded by \u2018The Fifty Best\u2019 in New York City, New York; BarLife Magazine from the Czech Republic; Rum Bahamas in Nassau, The Bahamas; the Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami, Florida; the Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago, Illinois; and the Concurso de Ron in Madrid, Spain,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n
John Watling\u2019s Distillery employs more than 20 Bahamians, in lieu of using machines to fill, cork and hand label each bottle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our commitment to the environment to use the least amount of mechanization possible,\u201d notes the company. \u201cThis is the reason why each bottle is hand-numbered and a sisal plait, hand woven by a female cooperative in Cat Island and South Andros, is carefully affixed to the neck of each bottle. At John Watling\u2019s Distillery we manufacture our products the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n