HAITI’S BARBANCOURT RUM PLANT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE
January 1st, 2010
BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE
THE EARTHQUAKE that shook Haiti to its core did not spare the country's largest rum producer, Barbancourt. The plant, located in the La Plaine area of Port-au-Prince suffered extensive damage, according to Alain Duret, the company's human resources director.
An entire exterior wall of the distillery was knocked down. During the tremors, equipment was damaged; some barrels ageing the rum were destroyed.
On Monday, the day before the earthquake, Barbancourt had shipped a large container to its distributor in New York. But Duret warned ...
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