Background to Project
CaneCo is a private company registered in St George’s to supply the agricultural services necessary to provide cane juice for distillation at the purpose-built Renegade Rum Distillery.
The company propagates, cultivates, harvests and mills superior sugar cane. Not just any cane, but premium varieties selected for their suitability to the island’s climate and soils, as well as resistance to disease and drought.
With help from Booker Tate, the world’s leading cane experts, modern machinery, and the latest best practice from around the globe, we have a new approach to an old industry.
By matching cane to soil, in 3 acre units, we can optimise not only the cane’s natural performance, but also obtain a wide variety of cane from which to make something very special.
The Team
Mark Reynier
Started out as a fine wine shipper in London in 1980 then to retailing before moving into whisky in 1996 and distilling in 2000 with the acquisition of Bruichladdich Distillery on the Island of Islay. In 2015 he acquired the Guinness brewery in Waterford, Ireland and converted it to a single malt whisky distillery. In these enterprises, Mark has been supported by Chairman Sir John Mactaggart and Finance Director John Adams
Graham Williams
Graham has been in the rum industry for thirty years. At the Williams family’s Westerhall Estate he learnt the art of milling, distilling & blending rum. He has been involved in several successful island projects including deep sea fishing, property development and the hospitality industry. Graham serves on the board of a leading local insurance company, a regional commercial bank & Westerhall Estate Ltd, with its subsidiaries Island Ice and Umbrella Beach Bar
Isaac Charles
For two decades Isaac has worked in Grenada’s agricultural sector, having trained at McGill University, Canada and University of the West Indies. His experience includes working at the Agency for Rural Transformation & Food Security Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture. Pre-Ivan he was active in the Cane Farmers’ Association, then in 2012 he became a full time private farmer, and has developed our nursery with Ross Emsley’s team
Duncan Butler
Duncan was born in the Middle-East, and has previously roamed the world for the sugar consultancy Booker Tate where he imparted his extensive agricultural knowledge on cane growing to governments and corporations alike – and now for CaneCo. A farmer by trade, his family farmed first in Scotland, then in Australia. He is an avid fly fisherman in his spare time.
Cane Crew
The Cane Co team is growing. Are you interested in working for with is we’d love to hear from you?
The Timeline
2015
June
Scouting trip to Grenada, met Graham Williams
Oct – Dec
Feasibility Study commissioned from Booker Tate
2016
Feb – Sept
Development Plan commissioned from Booker Tate
March
Presented to Agriculture, farmers & met BJ
April – Aug
Presented to Agriculture, farmers & met BJ
June
Phase 1 Nursery at Westerhall
Oct
Development Plan implemented
2017
Feb
Environmental site Assessments
May
Distillery site Acquisition
June
Phase 2 Nursery, 55 Acres, at Hope & Westerhall
July – Nov
Distillery planning & environment Impact study
2018
Jan – June
Commercial harvest 150 acres+ planted
July – Dec
Mill & distillery Construction
2019
Jan – June
1st Harvest
2020
Jan – Sept
Completion of the Distillery
Aug- Sept
1st Distillation
2021
Renegade Clairin will be launched in 2021
2022
Renegade Rum goes to market
Get Involved
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