Tue | Oct 6, 2015  Puerto Rico rum distillery sues Diageo
Published:Sunday | October 7, 2012 In this Friday, September 7,
2012 file photo, a variety of Puerto Rican rums sit at a bar in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rum distillery Serralles is suing Diageo
for US$5m, claiming breach of agreement. - AP  The rum war
between Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands is far
from over. Puerto Rican distiller Serralles filed a federal
lawsuit last Wednesday against Diageo North America, a
subsidiary of the world's largest distiller, claiming more than
US$5 million in damages.  Serralles accused Diageo of violating
an agreement after the company moved production of Captain
Morgan rum from Puerto Rico to the USVI in 2008.  Serralles said
Diageo had promised to buy from the company one million
additional gallons of rum to sell exclusively in the US in a
move to protect against possible shortfalls at its plant in the
US Virgin Islands.  Serralles accused Diageo of not paying for
or accepting the remaining 900,830 gall