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Dzama (/ˈzɑːmə/) "Rhum" is the brand name for rums produced by Groupe Vidzar〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rhums Dzama )〕 in Madagascar, an island located to the Southeast of the African continent. These rums are exported throughout the world, and have won numerous awards and high praise from rum critics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Slow Cocktails - Dispatches - New & notable: Dzama Rum )〕 ==History== When France lost its colony of St. Domingue in 1803, then the richest European colony in the world, it looked for a substitute suitable for the kind of sugar cane and aromatic plant cultivation it had practiced in the Caribbean. The opportunity came in 1861 when Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, who had expelled most Europeans from that island, died. It eventually became a French colony in 1896, and remained under their political control or influence until 1960, when Madagascar became fully independent. But the French cultural influence remains to this day.〔The World Book Encyclopedia/Madagascar/Vanilla. Willard, Ohio: RR Donelley〕 Under French rule, Madagascar became one of the world’s main producers of sugar cane and vanilla (originally from Mexico). The agricultural landscape of this spice island reflects the French endeavor, with serendipitous consequences to the complexity and uniqueness of its rums. Dzama Rhum was the idea of Lucien Fohine (half-Chinese, half-Malagasy) and his wife. They owned a grocery business and a scotch whiskey distribution company. After importing by the bottle, the Fohines took advantage of the economies of scale afforded by importing in barrels and bottling domestically. The resulting empty barrels found natural use in the ageing of rum from the island of Nosy Be (off Madagascar’s northwest coast) which he had found to bear the particular terroir influence of its volcanic soil and the surrounding plantations of aromatic plants such as vanilla, Ylang-Ylang, citrus, clove, pepper, wild pepper, and others. The minerals of this soil and the essential oils from the plants he knew to produce a rum that was impossible to duplicate naturally elsewhere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dzama Presentation )〕 A variety of rum products were quickly added. Production was transferred to Antananarivo (the capital) when the success of the rums and the cost of transportation made it imperative by 1984. The company that started out with two station wagons and two light trucks now has 60 vehicles that cover the whole island of Madagascar. Dzama dominates 60% of the spirits market on the island. The population is 22 million.〔 In 1996, upon the early death of Lucien Fohine, his son Franck (17 years old) took over the reins of the company, and continues to this day in the tradition and methods of his father, while applying his own knowledge from an extensive education in viticulture, oenology, and distillation in Marseille and Montpelier, France. Franck Fohine introduced white rums and cocktails that turned out to be very popular with women buyers. He also introduced quick ageing in new barrels for certain products to help retain the original qualities of the rums, while insisting in continuing the tradition of creating products that are free of any artificial ingredients.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dzama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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