Industrias Pampero, C.A.
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Distilled beverages |
| Founded | Caracas, Venezuela (1938) |
| Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela Ocumare del Tuy Valencia, Venezuela |
| Key people | Alejandro Hernandez, founder |
| Products | Rum |
| Website | [1] |
Industrias Pampero, C.A. is a rum distillery established in 1938 in Venezuela. Pampero is 100 per cent dark Venezuelan rum, a blend of several rums aged for a minimum of two years in white oak casks. Together with Rum Cacique Diageo plc brands and C.A. Ron Santa Teresa, have contributed to placing the country among the top ten rum producers and exporters in the world, Pampero top markets are Italy, Spain and Venezuela. Its main production plant is located at a nineteenth-century family-owned "Hacienda La Guadalupe" estate, now "Complejo Licorero del Centro", in Ocumare, Miranda state, in the region of the Tuy river valleys, in the fertile central plains.
"Ron Pampero" is typically known by Venezuelans as "Caballito Frenao" (Bitten Horse), mainly as a reference to its popular brand logo, a cowboy riding his wild horse in the Venezuelan plains, a scene comparable to that of the gaucho from the Argentinian plains, or Pampas, so therefore its name ("Pampero" literally means "from the Pampas", though the Venezuelan plains are called "the llanos").
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[edit] History
Pampero was created in 1938 by Alejandro Hernández, the son of a fisherman from Isla de Margarita.
Pampero is credited for having set the initial standards for rum production in Venezuela, and was the first rum to be accredited ‘Añejo’, by the Venezuelan government. Alejandro Hernández later on joined the political life of the country, occupying the office of Governor of the Nueva Esparta state and even running for the presidency of the country.
Despite popular belief and its long tradition, Industrias Pampero, C.A. is no longer a Venezuela-owned company. After having been a part of United Distillers for some years, it is currently a division of Diageo, the world's largest liquor holding company.
Pampero rums have been awarded several international prizes, including Gold and Double Gold Medals as well as the Best Rum award at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.[1] The Pampero Anniversario Rum is rated among the Top 20 rums in the world by Proof66. [2]
[edit] Products
All of Pampero rums, being "añejos" (aged), usually have a golden color that comes from having been matured in oak casks for several years, the duration depending on the type of rum.
- Pampero Oro (Gold)
- Pampero Ron Añejo Especial
- Pampero Ron Añejo Aniversario, known for its bottle in a leather pouch
- Pampero Blanco
- Pampero Selección 1938 Ron Añejo
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[edit] External links
- Diageo, Official website
- Bottle label collection
