When I first published about the upcoming sale of the Renegade Rum Distillery, the buyer —or buyers— weren’t known. However, in the past 36 hours, new data suggest strongly that Luca Gargano, CEO of Italy’s Velier, is the purchaser — or one of the purchasers.
Just a quick update for the record and associated timestamp should anyone question what I wrote. At this point, it appears that Gargano and any associated investors seem to have stepped away from a purchase - for now at least.
Indeed, thank you for the update!! Renegade was never available here in the FL Panhandle and in wanting to support the local bottle shops as best I can, I never purchased a bottle online. I foolishly thought this distillery would be around for the long haul and eventually it would make it's way up here...Here is hoping the purchase will allow them to re-hire the locals and continue the renewed cane (for rum) production on the Island.
Fingers crossed. To be honest, I suspect there's a good amount of Renegade stock available. You may just have to get outside of your home base to buy it. Very little of my rum collection was purchased from within 100 miles of my home. 😊
Aye, I've figured as much. Most of my collection had been accumulated in a similar fashion to yours, haha. That said, I'm doing all I can to bring quality rum to the Florida Panhandle!!
Thanks so much for the update. Velier’s possible involvement is heartening, though the seemingly precipitous nature of Renegade’s demise makes me sad for all the Grenadians who depended on and embraced the project.
It also makes me better understand the suspicions about the nature of the CaneCo/Renegade project some well connected Grenadians expressed when I visited in April 2022. Their “we will see if this is real” attitude seems somewhat well grounded in retrospect.
Just a quick update for the record and associated timestamp should anyone question what I wrote. At this point, it appears that Gargano and any associated investors seem to have stepped away from a purchase - for now at least.
Indeed, thank you for the update!! Renegade was never available here in the FL Panhandle and in wanting to support the local bottle shops as best I can, I never purchased a bottle online. I foolishly thought this distillery would be around for the long haul and eventually it would make it's way up here...Here is hoping the purchase will allow them to re-hire the locals and continue the renewed cane (for rum) production on the Island.
Fingers crossed. To be honest, I suspect there's a good amount of Renegade stock available. You may just have to get outside of your home base to buy it. Very little of my rum collection was purchased from within 100 miles of my home. 😊
Aye, I've figured as much. Most of my collection had been accumulated in a similar fashion to yours, haha. That said, I'm doing all I can to bring quality rum to the Florida Panhandle!!
Thank you for the in depth update!
Thanks so much for the update. Velier’s possible involvement is heartening, though the seemingly precipitous nature of Renegade’s demise makes me sad for all the Grenadians who depended on and embraced the project.
It also makes me better understand the suspicions about the nature of the CaneCo/Renegade project some well connected Grenadians expressed when I visited in April 2022. Their “we will see if this is real” attitude seems somewhat well grounded in retrospect.
Thanks for the update! 🥃🥃🥃