2020 Finalists

In its second year, the Havana Club Bar Entrepreneur Awards received a fantastic response from talented bar entrepreneurs around the world, with 165 nominations received from three continents, from March to July 2020.

We were delighted to announce the 13 finalists of the Bar Entrepreneur Awards 2020. Click the boxes below to find out more about each entrepreneur.

Andrew Ho and Bastien Ciocca image
Claudia Cabrera Rodriguez image
Dave Mulligan image
Diego Cabrera image
Igor Zernov image
James Hopkins image
Lucas Groglio image
Monica Berg image
Oliver Margan image
Omer Gazit-Shalev image
Rani al Raji image
Tato Giovannoni image
Yeferson Avila Rodriguez and Jean Trinh image
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Havana Club Añejo 7 Años

Created by the late Don José Navarro in the 1970s, Havana Club Añejo 7 Años was the first aged Cuban rum introduced to the world as a sipping rum to

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Havana Club Original Añejo 3 Años

The best-known expression of the leading Cuban rum brand, this light rum is blended from base rums aged for a minimum of three years in white oak barrels.

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Havana Club Añejo Especial Rum

A blend of rums made from the fermented molasses of sugar cane harvested in Cuba, distilled using column stills and aged for up to five years. The blend

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Havana Club Professional Edición A

El Floridita is one of Havana's, and indeed the world's, most legendary bars. Pouring some 90 cases of rum per week, it's also one of Havana Club's best

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Havana Club Professional Edición B

Bottled in July 2018, this rum is the brilliant result of a mistake and a bartender, Nick Strangeway, working with a Cuban Maestro del Ron Cabano, Asbel

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Havana Club Professional Edición C

Havana Club Professional Edition C is a rich and raw gold rum blended from young aromatic aguardiente with older rum bases aged in San José distillery's

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Havana Club Professional Edición D

Havana Club Professional Edition D is a fresh aromatic white rum made from a blend of fresh destilado de caña with full-bodied and aromatic extra-aged

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Havana Club Tributo 2017 (2nd Edition)

Launched in March 2017, Tributo 2017 is the second release in Havana Club's Tributo collection and comprises 2,500 bottles. The press release which accompanied

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Havana Club Icónica Seleccion de Maestros Rum

Havana Club Selección de Maestros is a blend resulting from the collaboration between the Maestros Del Ron Cubano: the guardians of the historical character

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Havana Club Icónica Maximo

The pinnacle of Havana Club's Icónica Collection, Maximo was created in 2002 by the late Don Jose Navarro, Primo Maestro del Ron Cubano.

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