Geographic Indications (GIs) : Denominations of Origin. Civil law Denominations of Origin are some of the oldest legal protections for food and drink in the world. Although, I am including them in a series titled “Geographic Indications (GIs)” I am aware that they aren’t strictly a GI. Long before the European Union created its modern…
Geographic Indications (GIs) : Guyana Geographic Indication (GI) for Demerara Rum Geographic Indications are not always tied to agricultural purity or strict terroir rules. Some exist to protect a historic production identity. Some exist to defend a national brand. Some exist because a single producer has a heritage so distinctive that the law eventually bends…
Zacapa 23 is a lie? If you have been wandering down the spirits aisle for the last twenty years, you have watched a masterclass in corporate gaslighting. The bottle is instantly familiar. It is tall and elegant and features that now largely plastic petate band. It is Ron Zacapa Centenario 23. If you get the…
