Roncoco Wicker-Wrapped Liqueur Bottle
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A fantastic tropical anchor for your home bar or coastal shelfscape. This is an original empty bottle of Roncoco Coconut Rum Liqueur, produced under the authority of Ron Matusalem and distributed by Ron Matusalem & Matusa of Florida, Inc. circa the late 1970s to early 1980s.
The green glass bottle is tightly wrapped in woven rattan casing, with front branding and back cocktail recipe paper labels that remain clean, crisp, and fully legible. Whether displayed on a bar cart, tucked into a tiki-themed vignette, this bottle brings instant retro-tropical personality to any space.
Founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1872 by Spanish immigrants, Ron Matusalem became one of Cuba's most celebrated premium rum houses. During the 1920s and 1930s, the brand supplied Hollywood stars and wealthy tourists fleeing American Prohibition. After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the founding Álvarez family fled to Miami. This specific Roncoco bottle represents the resilient "interim era" of the 1970s–80s, when the exiled company was actively fighting to rebuild its global legacy from Florida using premium Puerto Rican rum.
- Size: Approximately 12" high
- Material: Glass interior with woven rattan casing
- Origin: Distributed by Ron Matusalem & Matusa of Florida, Inc., Coral Gables, FL; rum sourced from Puerto Rico
- Condition: Excellent overall (labels are clean and fully legible; original cork is missing; wicker top cap is present but shows age and is secured with a homemade wire as shown in photo; bottle is empty)