"At the beginning, it was important for me to learn how to ‘read’ the casks, to understand the wood, and to become a true expert and a genuine rum lover. As an expert, you know that there comes a moment when the flavors reach a rounded complexity. When you find a rum in the cask with a perfectly balanced profile, that’s the time to draw it off and savor it," says Matusalem’s master blender, Cynthia Vargas.
Benjamin Cavagna: Drinking cocktails is a passion. If I ever started tasting them, I’d start working — and I don’t want that
“Our bar is exclusive — but that doesn’t mean luxurious. It means: less, but done well. We wanted to create a community, and most of our guests are close friends. We’ve been asked to open in different...