"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.
Ana Roš: Don’t try to be too international—just be yourself
"When the Michelin Guide was about to come to Slovenia, I told my team that we would either get two stars or none at all. We’re not the type of restaurant for just one Michelin star, but zero was also...
