Post #298015 by defaultet on Mon, Apr 9, 2007 8:43 PM

Hi,

Just came back from a weekend trip to Vancouver, B.C. I've brought back Cuban rum before without incident. This time I wasn't really planning on bringing any back. I like rum and all but it's not really worth the trouble (and the possibility of getting caught).

But I was in the duty free store just across the border, and they were selling it there!! They just had one item, a 750 ml bottle of Havana Club Anejo Reserva. It has the exact same type of packaging and the official government seal as the other brands of Havana Club. I know there's been talk of Bacardi marketing this stuff, but there is nothing to indicate this has anything to do with Bacardi.

Anyway, just to make sure I was on the right side of the law, I asked. The employee replied that everything in the duty-free store is legal. So I don't know what this really means. Is all Havana Club rum now legal? Is it just the Anejo Reserva in this particular size? Anyway, for sure this particular brand and size is now legal. It was fairly expensive (but still affordable) so maybe the Cuban government is paying some extra taxes to get it on the market. That's all I can think of.