Trailblazing Distillers - AFAR
"One of Jamaica’s oldest rum operations, this estate created a chief chemist role in 1981 to hire Joy Spence after she earned a master’s in analytical chemistry, and she later became master blender in 1997. Her scientific training, long tenure, and apprenticeship under the prior blender transformed the house style and helped cement the distillery’s reputation; her four-decade career there underscores the role of rigor and continuity in crafting Jamaican rum." - Laura Dannen Redman
