Rum Masters
Manuel Calderón Echevarría

He was born in the nest of a working class family on October 5th, 1956 in the province of Matanzas. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Jose Antonio Echeverria Polytechnic Institute.
Asbel Morales Lorenzo

He was born on April 2, 1968 in a village in the municipality of Santo Domingo, Villa Clara province, within a working class family consisting of four brothers.
Juan Carlos González Delgado

He was born in 1951 within a working class family. His first studies were in schools of today´s Mayabeque province. He graduated from the University of Havana in 1976, and he began working in the Rum Factory of Santa Cruz that same year.
José Pablo Navarro. First Cuban Rum Master

He was born the April 28th, 1942 in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba. He has lived in Santiago de Cuba city since he was 7 years old. José Pablo Navarro is the fifth of six siblings.
Francisco Sabat

When he talks about his professional wishes, Francisco Javier Sabat Gonzalo refers to “continue contributing to the cause of Cuban Light Rum”, as if it was a vital mission.
Noemí del Toro

I had the honor to do my college practicum with Jose Pablo Navarro. I studied at the CUJAE, but I returned again to Santiago, and I was assigned to work at Cuba Ron, which was called Empresa de Bebidas by that time.
Salome Alemán Carriazo

She was born on December 18, 1965 in Havana. She attended primary, secondary and pre-university studies in Old Havana municipality where she currently lives.
Julio Enrique Ayan Rial

He was born in Havana on April 7, 1970, but he spent his childhood and youth in the city of Santiago de Cuba, where he currently lives.