Distillerrie Depaz – Saint Pierre, Martinique

March 9 - The team was treated to a guided tour of the Depaz “Rhum Agricole” distillery in Saint Pierre, Martinique. The visit was arranged by the Rotary Club of Lamentin, and was conducted by the director general of the distillery.

Arriving at the distillery, in the shadow of Mount Pelee

Main office building

Shelly, Rotaractor Estelle, Heidi and Lillah

Monica

Rhum Agricole – plantation rum, is made from sugar cane

The distillery

The cane is fed into the cutters…

…where is shredded…

and squeezed to extract the juice (vesou)

The juice – cane sugar is also made from the vesou

Distillation towers

Director general explaining the process

Barrels of rum

Special thanks to Estelle and Rotarian Olivier for their help