Jamaica Tourist Board Serves Complimentary History Lessons at Annual Toast of Brooklyn

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) showcased the island’s world-renowned Appleton Estate® Jamaica Rum during the 12th annual Toast of Brooklyn, Wine & Food Festival held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Above(L-R): Cameron Winkelman, Simple Serve team, Ariel Hammond, Associate Brand Manager, Campari share the history of Appleton Estate® Jamaica Rum while Jamaica Tourist Board’s Kenton Senior, Business Development Manager, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania shares information on tours and attractions with 12th annual Toast of Brooklyn.

The JTB partnered with the rum brand and offered neat pours of Appleton Estate Signature Blend, a full-bodied, well-balanced blend of 15 select aged rums, Appleton Estate Reserve Blend, a blend of 20 select aged rums, and Appleton Estate Rare Blend, a hand-selected blend of rums that have all been aged for a minimum of 12 years. Attendees at the Brooklyn Navy Yard festival venue, learned that all Appleton Estate® Jamaica Rum is produced on a single estate in a small circumscribed geographic area, making it one of the few rums in the world to claim a terroir.

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Above: The range of Appleton Estate rum expressions offered at the Jamaica Tourist Board booth during Toast of Brooklyn Wine & Food Festival. From left: Appleton Estate Rare Blend, Appleton Estate Reserve Blend and Appleton Estate Signature Blend.
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Above: Appleton Estate’s representatives give a history lesson on Appleton Estate rum – sharing that the award-winning rum brand grows its own sugar cane, sources water from its own limestone spring and that Master Blender, Joy Spence, is the first woman to hold that position for any spirits brand.

Toast of Brooklyn Wine & Food Festival is a culinary experience that brings together a wide variety of chefs representing destinations around the world with wines and spirits. Organizers continued their beneficiary partnership with the Caribbean Tourism Organization and made a donation to support hurricane relief efforts for The Bahamas.