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La Maison Du Rhum was founded in 2002 by John Van Der Pluym, a great rum lover. He fell into the pot during a professional trip to the West Indies 32 years ago. With his years of experience in the import-export of exotic food products and some West Indian rum, John decided to launch himself on the rum distribution market in Belgium by founding his own company. The start is made with some well-known brands in the pocket: Trois Rivières, Séverin, Montebello and Caraibos fruit juices. In just a few years, the Maison du Rhum has specialised in the development and marketing to the traditional network, with the exclusive distribution of more than 20 brands of rum composed of flavours and origins from all over the world, it is considered a pioneer in the Belgian spirits distribution sector.

In the more affordable category for whiskies from Campbeltown. J & A Mitchell are a whisky company with an incredible pedigree. The family firm have been owner-operators of the legendary Springbank distillery since 1837 and are the parent company of Scotland's oldest independent bottler, Wm. Cadenhead. Through these channels alone, their output is nothing short of reverential, and this is before you even consider the casks they sold to independent companies like Samaroli through their R.W. Duthie arm, and to Japan via their Eaglesome company's Kingsbury brands. Many if not all of these are legendary. The company now owns a second distillery in Campbeltown, Glengyle, which is the home of Kilkerran single malt. This is a blended Scotch, likely containing a proportion of Springbank single malt, and bottled using the company's trademark "parchment" style labels of the 1990s.