Business View Caribbean | October 2019

63 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN OCTOBER 2019 ST . V INCENT DI ST I LLERS L IMI TED on agriculture, namely bananas. But that is no longer the case, so the current government is now laying down the necessary infrastructure to carry the country forward; one of those was our Argyle International Airport – a welcome sight - and of course, the development of the tourism sector. Already, our distillery offers rum tours and they are proving extremely successful.” Being a rather small distillery, St. Vincent Distillers contracts local distribution out to a single distributor, Coreas Distribution Limited, a special relationship that has lasted almost four decades. Greaves reflects, “This partnership has proved monumental in the successful circulation of our brands, so the distillery can focus on what it does best – making rum – while leaving the distribution to the experts. We hold them very close to us. For the last five years, our bottles and lids have come from Allied Glass in England. They are one of our major suppliers; as such we have a constant supply of empty bottles coming across the sea. They are an integral part of our operation.”