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St. Kitts · Basseterre

Amory Bakery

Three generations of Amorys have run this bakery since Ashton Amory opened American Bakery on Victoria Road in 1949. Renamed Amory in 2019 in his honour. The Saturday raisin roll is what Basseterre queues for before sunrise.

Caribbean · Nassau Valley, St. Elizabeth

Appleton Estate

Jamaica's signature aged-rum estate, distilling in the Nassau Valley since 1749. Master Blender Joy Spence, the first female master blender in the spirits industry, has been at Appleton since 1981.

Caribbean · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bacardi

The world's largest privately held spirits company. Cuban roots, Puerto Rican production, Caribbean-wide brand.

International · Dublin, Ireland

Baileys

The world's first Irish cream liqueur. Top-three duty-free spirit by volume worldwide.

St. Kitts and Nevis

Bellyful

The Bellyful house label. Small-batch SKN home-kitchen sweets and preserves, packaged for travel.

St. Kitts · Bird Rock

Belmont Estate

Belmont Estate honours the famed 18th-century St. Kitts plantation. Distilled by Demerara Distillers in Guyana, aged 4 years and bottled in Basseterre.

Caribbean · Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Botran

Guatemalan solera-aged rum from the Botran family. Sugar cane grown at altitude, aged in a solera blending system that yields the brand's signature smoothness.

St Kitts · Boyd's (Fairview Great House)

Brinley Gold Shipwreck

Premier SKN flavoured-rum brand. Mango, Coconut, Coffee, Vanilla, Lime, Spiced rums plus a coconut cream liqueur. Visitor tastings at Fairview Great House in Boyd's Village.

Caribbean · Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Brugal

Five generations of Maestros Roneros. Dominican aged rum, dry-finishing style, family-owned since Don Andres Brugal Montaner emigrated from Catalonia via Cuba in 1888.

International · Birmingham, England

Cadbury

British chocolate heritage. The Milk Tray, Roses, and Heroes tins anchor the diaspora gift shelf.

Caribbean · Saint Croix, USVI

Captain Morgan

Caribbean spiced rum. The mainstream cocktail rum on every duty-free shelf.

St. Kitts · Buckley's Site

Carib Brewery

The brewery on Buckley's Site has been Kittitian since 1960. Carib, Stag, Ting, Vita Malt, Royal Extra Stout, Ginseng Up, all brewed in Basseterre.

Grenada · Grand Anse

Carib Brewery Grenada

Grenada's national brewery, at Grand Anse since 1961. Brews Carib, Stag, Caribé and the wider Carib range for the southern Caribbean.

St. Kitts · Old Road Town (Romney Manor)

Caribelle Batik

Hand-made batik at Romney Manor since 1975. Founder Maurice Widdowson received a Medal of Honour from the SKN government for heritage and conservation.

International · Strathisla, Scotland

Chivas Regal

Premium blended Scotch. The 12 Year is duty-free's most-asked-for blend after Johnnie Walker Black.

Nevis · Pond Hill

Clifton Estate Rums

Mark Theron's Nevisian rum house in Pond Hill, Gingerland. Spiced rum, Moko Jumbie gold, lemongrass-ginger punch, and NEVIQ tropical liqueur, all blended in Nevis, hand-sealed, hot-wax finished.

Cuba · Havana

Cohiba

Cuba's national cigar brand. Born 1966 at El Laguito, made public 1982. Triple fermentation, the most exacting blending in Havana.

St Kitts · Bird Rock

CSR Cane Spirit

Light cane spirit distilled to 95% ABV, originally from the Rothschild distillery. The half of Ting 'n Sting that gives the drink its kick.

Caribbean · La Mirándola, Lara

Diplomático

Venezuelan multi-still aged rum. Pot, column, and batch-kettle distillates aged up to twelve years in ex-bourbon, malt-whisky, and sherry casks.

St. Kitts

Ebang Treats

Small-batch SKN sweets. Coconut fudge, fruit cake, guava cheese in tin packaging built for the carry-on.

Mainland (East Bank Demerara) · Plantation Diamond, East Bank Demerara River

El Dorado

Guyana's flagship rum producer, owner of the El Dorado brand and the last sugar-estate distillery in Guyana. Diamond Distillery on the East Bank of the Demerara River runs eight stills, including the Port Mourant double wooden pot still (1732) and the Enmore wooden Coffey still (1880, the only greenheart-wood Coffey still in the world). The 12 Year is the calling-card expression. The range runs from the 8 Year up through the 15, 21, and 25 Year expressions, plus rare single-still vintage bottlings and the Rum Cream.

Caribbean · Rat Island, St. John’s

English Harbour

Antigua's signature aged rum. The Antigua Distillery has been distilling on Rat Island since 1932; the English Harbour line is the bottled flagship.

International · Alba, Italy

Ferrero

Italian confectionery house. Ferrero Rocher gift boxes are the global travel-retail icon.

International · Cognac, France

Grey Goose

French premium vodka. The bar-call vodka the global cocktail order defaults to.

International · Cognac, France

Hennessy

The world's largest cognac house, accounting for roughly 40% of global cognac sales. Founded 1765 in the French town of Cognac by Richard Hennessy, an Irish military officer. The Fillioux family has held the master-blender role for eight generations, most recently Renaud Fillioux de Gironde (since 2017). Hennessy invented the X.O designation in 1870. At Bellyful, present only via travel retail: V.S, X.O, and the US-unavailable Pure White.

St. Kitts · Cockleshell Bay (Spice Mill)

Hi Biscus

Roger Brisbane's sorrel-infused rum and gin. Distilled at Spice Mill on Cockleshell Bay. Part of the Kittitian RumMaster Programme.

St. Kitts · Basseterre

Island Bakeries Ltd

The Brand family bakery. Four Basseterre outlets, daily Kittitian breads since 1997.

St. Kitts · Phillips Village

Island Roasters

Single-origin Nevisian coffee, roasted in SKN. Estate, roast, and farm tour all on one island.

International · Kilmarnock, Scotland

Johnnie Walker

The world's most-recognised Scotch. From Red to Blue Label Extraordinary, the line every duty-free shelf carries.

International · Kilchberg, Switzerland

Lindt

Swiss premium chocolate. The travel retail confectionery staple. Lindor truffles, gold bunnies, dark chocolate squares.

Nevis · Rawlins Village

Llewellyn Clarke

Manchester-born, Nevis-resident since 1999. Chef at the Four Seasons by day, pepper-sauce maker in Rawlins Village by night. Three sauces, one kitchen. Featured in National Geographic.

International · Craigellachie, Speyside

The Macallan

Single malt Scotch from Speyside. The Double Cask 12 is the duty-free shelf benchmark.

International · McLean, Virginia

Mars Wrigley

M&M's, Snickers, Mars Bars. Travel-retail tubes and assortments are confectionery-aisle staples.

International · Bern, Switzerland

Mondelez (Toblerone)

The Swiss triangular chocolate. Travel retail's most-recognised confectionery silhouette.

Cuba · Havana

Montecristo

World's best-selling Cuban cigar. Born 1935 from H. Upmann. Named after the Dumas novel. Crossed-swords logo.

St. Kitts · Pogson Village

Mother Becky Bush Tea

Jermine Mike named the brand for his great-grandmother. Loose-leaf, tea bag, and bottled iced bush tea from herbs grown in Pogson Village.

Caribbean · St. Lucy, Barbados

Mount Gay

The oldest continuously operating rum brand in the world (1703). Barbadian pot-and-column blends from the St. Lucy distillery, the spine of the duty-free rum shelf.

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Mrs Greaux

One of the two iconic St. Kitts home-kitchen pepper sauces (the other being Brimstone). Scotch-bonnet led.

St Kitts · Old Road Town (Wingfield Estate)

Old Road Rum Company

Jack Widdowson and Ben Taylor's distillery project at Wingfield Estate, Old Road Town. Oldest surviving rum distillery footprint in the Caribbean (1681), excavated from 2010. Flagship 12 Year Aged named Rum of the Year at the 2025 International Bartender Spirits Awards and The World's Best Rum by Forbes (June 2025). Currently distilling and ageing in partnership with Foursquare (Barbados); blending and hand-bottling on site at Wingfield.

Cuba · Havana

Partagás

One of Havana's oldest. Founded 1845 by Don Jaime Partagas. Bold, earthy, the spine of the full-strength Habanos canon.

International · Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco

Patrón

Premium Mexican tequila. The Silver and Reposado anchor every duty-free tequila shelf.

Caribbean · Ars, Cognac (finishing) / Barbados (distillation)

Planteray

The French rum house. Caribbean rums sourced across the region and finished in Cognac casks at Maison Ferrand. Rebranded from Plantation to Planteray in January 2024.

St. Kitts · Basseterre

Pure Niceness by Winnielle

Winnielle Pereira's handcrafted natural skincare. Caribbean botanicals, small batch, sold at Four Seasons Nevis and Park Hyatt.

Cuba · Havana

Romeo y Julieta

Born 1875, named after Shakespeare's lovers. Churchill's brand. The Habanos starter. Smooth, floral, accessible.

St. Kitts

Sugar Town Organics

Sugar Town Organics is a small St. Kitts and Nevis producer making natural skincare, hair and body care alongside a food line, Flauriel. Founded in 2010 by Anastasha Elliott, it works from herbal lore kept across four generations, using fruit, herbs, roots and barks grown on the islands.

Nevis · Pinney's Beach

Sunshine's Beach Bar

Pinney's Beach legend. Birthplace of the Killer Bee cocktail.

Nevis · Vaughans (Hamilton Estate)

Vanilla Paradise Nevis

Gina Empson's Hamilton Estate vanilla orchards in Nevis — the only commercial vanilla cultivation in the Caribbean. Featured in National Geographic, June 2025.