Tag: facundo bacardi

History of one of the greatest rum distilleries in the world, Bacardi. History of Bacardi Rum - Greatest Rum Distilleries in the World History of one of the greatest Rum distilleries in the world, Bacardi. The story begins way back in the early 19th century in Cuba. The then Cuba was still a Spanish colony, and so emigration from Spain was happening all the time. That is exactly what 'Facundo Bacardi' did in 1830, When he was just 16 years old. He was originally from Sitges, a port city in Northeastern Spain, but the bad economic situation forced him to try his luck in Cuba. He landed in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second largest city, and found work at a local distillery. It was owned by a man called John Nunes, and it was actually one of the city’s first rum distilleri...