Scenes from a Voyage to Barbados with Mount Gay, the World’s Oldest Rum Brand

By Jared Paul Stern Apr. 18th, 2017

Barbados is well known to fans of idyllic Caribbean islands for its perfect weather, gorgeous beaches and fascinating British-inflected culture. But did you also know it’s home to the world’s oldest rum brand, Mount Gay? The bottle says 1703 but its origins actually go back much further, which makes nearly 400 years of imbibing excellence. Here are some highlights from our recent fact-finding mission to the West Indies. Bottoms up:

Jared Paul Stern

Jared Paul Stern, JustLuxe's Editor-at-Large, is the Executive Editor of Maxim magazine and has written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the New York Times' T magazine, GQ, WWD, Vogue, New York magazine, Details, Hamptons magazine, Playboy, BlackBook, the New York Post, Man of the World, and Bergdorf Goodman magazine among others. The founding editor of the Page Six magazine, he has al...(Read More)