EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based producer MiLu Entertainment and Ian Reichbach, one of the lead writers on The Newsroom, are developing a TV series based on the Bacardi family’s experiences in 1950s ...

Ian Reichbach, one of the lead writers on The Newsroom, is developing a TV series based on the Bacardi family's experiences in 1950s Cuba.

"Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba" (Viking, 365 pages, $27.95), by Tom Gjelten: Bacardi is the world's top-selling rum with annual sales of 20 million cases in more than 150 countries.

Tom Gjelten's new book, Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba, threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded.

Bacardi recently recreated pre-Cuban revolution 1950s Havana to tell the story of its rum recipe. Business Insider was able to take a sneak peek.

Bacardi, Exiled From Cuba in 1960, Is Hopeful for Change 2 minute read A limited-edition bottle of BACARDI Superior rum on Dec. 18, 2013 in Miami, Florida. John Parra—Getty Images/2013 John Parra ...

Bacardi has been fighting for decades with Cuba and spirits distributor Pernod Ricard, which has a joint venture with the Cuban government to sell Havana Club label rum worldwide except in the US.

Having branded Cuba as the home of rum, and Bacardi as the king of rums, Schueg then moved production overseas, first to Puerto Rico, where tariff-free rum was made for the post-Prohibition U.S ...

Tom Gjelten's new book, Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba, threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded.