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[[Don (honorific)|Don]] '''José Arechabala Aldama''' (9 November 1847 – 15 March 1923) was a [[Spain |Spanish]] [[industrialist]] who, in [[1878]] in [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]], [[Matanzas Province |Matanzas]], [[Cuba]], founded the [[distillery]] ‘’La Vizcaya’’, that later on became the José Arechabala S.A. conglomerate, that launched the famous [[Havana Club]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Gjelten |first=Tom |date=2008 |title=Bacardi and the long fight for Cuba |location= New York, USA |publisher=Penguin Books |page=295, 296, 327, 334, 335 |isbn=978-0-14-311632-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bonera |first=Miguel |date=2000 |title=Oro blanco. Una Historia Empresarial del ron cubano |location= Havana, Cuba |publisher=Havana Club. Lugus Libros |page=78, 91 |isbn=1896266738}}</ref> rum.
'''José Arechabala Aldama''' (9 November 1847 – 15 March 1923) was a Spanish [[industrialist]] who founded the [[distillery]] ''La Vizcaya'' in [[1878]] in [[Cárdenas, Cuba|Cárdenas]], [[Matanzas Province|Matanzas]], [[Cuba]]. In 1921 it was incorporated, along with other businesses, as [[José Arechabala S.A.]], which subsequently launched [[Havana Club]] rum.<ref name="Gjelten">{{cite book |last=Gjelten |first=Tom |date=2008 |title=Bacardi and the long fight for Cuba |location= New York, USA |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |pages=295, 296, 327, 334, 335 |isbn=978-0-14-311632-5}}</ref><ref name="Senate">{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/arechabala_testimony_07_13_04.pdf |title=Testimony of Mr. Ramon Arechabala |last=Arechabala |first=Ramon |date=13 July 2004 |publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bonera |first=Miguel |date=2000 |title=Oro blanco. Una Historia Empresarial del ron cubano |location= Havana, Cuba |publisher=Havana Club. Lugus Libros |pages=78, 91 |isbn=1896266738}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
José Arechabala was born in [[Gordexola]], ([[Biscay]], [[Spain]]), 6th son of a [[baker]], whose family had centuries long history in that village<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/arechabala.htm |title=Arechabala |access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Gutiérrez Rodríguez |first=Fernando Sigifredo|language=spanish}}</ref>. He left his home town and fled to Cuba when he was 15, seeking better opportunities. He travelled aboard the ‘’Hermosa de Trasmiera’’ <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arechabalaron.com/jose-arechabala-aldama |title=José Arechabala Aldama |access-date=9 May 2020 |language=spanish}}</ref>, a three-masted topsail [[frigate]] licensed in [[Santander, Spain |Santander]], [[Spain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vidamaritima.com/2009/06/la-historia-de-un-capitan-un-velero-y-un-vapor/ |title= La historia de un Capitán, un velero y un vapor|access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Sanahuja Albiñana |first=Vicente Luis |date=2009 |language=spanish}}</ref>, where he substituted the [[chief cook]] once the latter got injured during a storm at sea.<br><br>
José Arechabala was born on 9 November 1847 in [[Gordexola]] in the Spanish province of [[Biscay]]. He was the sixth son of a baker, whose family had been established in the village for centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/arechabala.htm |title=Arechabala |access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Gutiérrez Rodríguez |first=Fernando Sigifredo |language=spanish |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614170944/http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/arechabala.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left his home town and traveled to [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]] when he was 15, seeking better opportunities. He traveled aboard the ''Hermosa de Trasmiera'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arechabalaron.com/jose-arechabala-aldama |title=José Arechabala Aldama |access-date=9 May 2020 |language=spanish}}</ref> a three-masted topsail [[frigate]] licensed in [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], Spain,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vidamaritima.com/2009/06/la-historia-de-un-capitan-un-velero-y-un-vapor/ |title= La historia de un Capitán, un velero y un vapor|access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Sanahuja Albiñana |first=Vicente Luis |date=2009 |language=spanish}}</ref> and took over the role of [[chief cook]] on the voyage after the original cook was injured during a storm at sea.


Upon landing in [[Cuba]], he was introduced to Antonio Galíndez, a distant [[kinship |relative]] who happened to be a relevant [[sugar]] production and [[trade]] businessman in the [[Matanzas Province]], and for whom he would eventually end up working<ref>{{cite book |last=Marqués |first=Maria Antonia |title=Las industrias menores: empresarios y empresas en Cuba (1880-1920) |language=spanish |edition=1st |year=2002 |publisher=Editora Política |location=La Habana |ISBN=978-9-59-010453-4}}</ref>. In [[1869]] he started working for ‘’Casa Bea’’, a [[Builders hardware |hardware]], [[bank |banking]] and [[consignment |ship consignment]] <ref>{{cite book |last=Jiménez |first=Guillermo |title=Propietarios de Cuba 1958 |language=spanish |edition=1st |year=1959 |publisher=Mercié |location=La Habana}}</ref> company, owned by [[Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava |Julián de Zulueta]], an important [[politician]] and [[industrialist]], who later on became the Mayor (‘’[[Alcalde]]’’) of [[Havana]]. Thanks to his good work he earned Mr. Zulueta’s appreciation and in [[1873]] he was appointed sole agent of the ventures that Mr.Zulueta had in [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]]. In [[1874]] he married Carmen Hurtado de Mendoza y García, with whom he had five children.<br><br>
Upon landing in Cuba in 1862,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Review-Immersive-AMPARO-Tells-The-Rags-To-Riches-To-Revolution-Tale-Behind-Havana-Club-Rum-20180407 |title=BWW Review: Immersive AMPARO Tells The Rags To Riches To Revolution Tale Behind Havana Club Rum |last=Dale |first=Michael |date=7 April 2018 |publisher=[[BroadwayWorld]] |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> he was introduced to Antonio Galíndez, a distant relative who was a businessman involved in sugar production and [[trade]] businessman in the [[Matanzas Province]]. Arechabala later went to work for Galíndez.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marqués |first=Maria Antonia |title=Las industrias menores: empresarios y empresas en Cuba (1880–1920) |language=spanish |edition=1st |year=2002 |publisher=Editora Política |location=La Habana |isbn=978-9-59-010453-4}}</ref> In 1869 he started working for ''Casa Bea'', a [[Builders hardware|hardware]], banking and [[consignment|ship consignment]] company owned by the politician and industrialist [[Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava|Julián de Zulueta]], who later became the Mayor (''[[Alcalde]]'') of [[Havana]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jiménez |first=Guillermo |title=Propietarios de Cuba 1958 |language=spanish |edition=1st |year=1959 |publisher=Mercié |location=La Habana}}</ref> In 1873, he was appointed the sole agent of Zulueta's business ventures in [[Cárdenas, Cuba|Cárdenas]]. In 1874, Arechabala married Carmen Hurtado de Mendoza y García, with whom he would have five children.
In [[1878]] he founded a distillery, ‘’La Vizcaya’’<ref>{{cite book |last=Moreno Lázaro |first=Javier |title=Rum, business and society in Cuba (1832-1965) |language=english |edition=1st |year=2015 |publisher=Universidad de Valladolid |location=Valladolid }}</ref>, where he started producing rum and other spirits, leveraging the residue ([[molasses]]) of the flourishing [[Cuban sugar economy |Cuban sugar industry]]. The business prospered in such a way that it was able to cope with the [[hurricane]] that struck [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]] in [[1888]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.habanaradio.cu/articulos/el-ciclon-de-1888-o-el-huracan-de-faquineto/ |title=El ciclón de 1888 o el Huracán de Faquineto |access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Ramos |first=Luis Enrique |date=1 March 2013|language=spanish}}</ref> and the damages that it produced, that exceeded $50.000 at the time. At the beginning of the [[20th century]], the factory in [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]] already had access to the railway and had been expanded to include several [[boiler |boilers]] and [[Fractionating column |distillation columns]], while the company businesses expanded to include [[sugar refinery |sugar refineries]], [[jam]] factories, [[shipyard |shipyards]] or even fuel production plants. At the same time, the company dedicated a lot of effort to social improvements in [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]] and, among other things, contributed to the [[road surface |paving of streets]], provided [[scholarships]] for young people from Cardenas and employees' children, or built a theater<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arechabalaron.com/jose-arechabala-s-a |title=José Arechabala S.A. |access-date=9 May 2020 |language=spanish }}</ref>. In 1919 he was named ‘’Hijo Adoptivo’’ of [[Cárdenas, Cuba |Cárdenas]].<br><br>
In 1878, he founded a [[distillery]], ''La Vizcaya'',<ref name="Lowis">{{cite book |last=Lowis |first=Ulrike |title=Rum, Geschichte, Herstellung, Sorten und Rezepte |language=german |edition=1st |year=2016 |publisher=Komet Verlag |location=[[Cologne, Germany]] |page= 33,34,37,118 |ISBN=978-3-86-941678-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Moreno Lázaro |first=Javier |title=Rum, business and society in Cuba (1832–1965) |language=english |edition=1st |year=2015 |publisher=Universidad de Valladolid |location=Valladolid }}</ref> where he started producing [[rum]] and other [[liquor|spirits]], using the leftover molasses from the flourishing [[Cuban sugar economy|Cuban sugar industry]]. The business prospered, and was able to survive the hurricane that struck Cárdenas in 1888;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.habanaradio.cu/articulos/el-ciclon-de-1888-o-el-huracan-de-faquineto/ |title=El ciclón de 1888 o el Huracán de Faquineto |access-date=9 May 2020 |last=Ramos |first=Luis Enrique |date=1 March 2013|language=spanish}}</ref> the damages at the time exceeded $50,000. At the beginning of the 20th century, the factory in Cárdenas already had access to the railway and had been expanded to include several boilers and [[Still|distillation columns]], while the company's businesses expanded to include sugar refineries, jam factories, shipyards and fuel production plants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dollero |first=Adolfo |date=1919 |title=Cultura Cubana. La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución |location=Havana |publisher=Imprenta Seoane}}</ref> At the same time, the company dedicated significant efforts to social improvements in Cárdenas, which included contributing to the paving of streets, providing scholarships for local young people and employees' children, and building a theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arechabalaron.com/jose-arechabala-s-a |title=José Arechabala S.A. |access-date=9 May 2020 |language=spanish }}</ref> In 1919 he was named ''Hijo Adoptivo'' (adopted son) of Cárdenas.

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In 1921, ''La Vizcaya'' and various other companies owned by Arechabala were incorporated under the name of [[José Arechabala S.A.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecubanhistory.com/2013/08/arechabala-industries-history-habana-club-historia-de-las-industrias-arechabala-habana-club/ |title=Arechabala Industries History. 'Havana Club' |last= de la Fe |first=E.J. |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> and the founder was named its chairman. Arechabala died the morning of 15 March 1923, just a few minutes after starting the shift at work and having sent his offspring to the plant saying "¡A trabajar muchachos, ha sonado el pito!" ('To work lads, the whistle has sounded!').<ref>{{cite journal |title=Centenario de Don José Arechabala Aldama |year=1947 |journal=Gordejuela |volume=VIII |issue=412 (página 16)}}</ref> His son-in-law (and nephew) José Arechabala Sainz took over the company after his death, but was killed in September 1924.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Desde Cuba. Detalles de un crimen. Suicidio del agresor |year=1924 |journal=La Prensa. Diario de la Mañana. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 10 de Septiembre de 1924 |volume=XIV |issue=4618 |language=spanish }}</ref>


José Arechabala S.A. launched [[Havana Club]] rum in 1934,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rumporter.com/en/story-havana-club/ |title=The story of Havana Club: from its origins to an explosive success! |last=Vingtier |first=Alexandre |date=6 September 2016 |publisher=Rumporter |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> months after [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] ended in the United States in December 1933, and continued its production until the company was nationalized by the [[Cuban revolution]] on 31 December 1959.<ref name="Gjelten"/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="Lowis"/>
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In [[1921]] the distillery ‘’La Vizcaya’’ and the subsidiary companies ([[sugar refinery |sugar refineries]], [[jam]] factories, [[shipyard |shipyards]], [[barrel]]production, etc.) were incorporated under the name of José Arechabala S.A. and the founder was named chairman. José Arechabala S.A. was the company that launched [[Havana Club]] rum in 1934, once the [[prohibition]] was derogated in [[December 1933]], and continued its production until its [[plunder]] by the [[Cuban revolution]] on December 31, [[1959]]. Don José died on March 15, [[1923]], at 06:30 in the morning. , just a few minutes after starting the shift in Arechabala and having sent his children to the plant saying ''‘’¡A trabajar muchachos, ha sonado el pito!’’''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Centenario de Don José Arechabala Aldama |year=1947 |journal=Gordejuela |volume=VIII |issue=412 (página 16)}}</ref>. He was succeeded in the presidency of José Arechabala S.A. by his son in law (and nephew) José Arechabala Sainz (but only for a few months, as he was assassinated in September 1924<ref>{{cite journal |title=Desde Cuba. Detalles de un crimen. Suicidio del agresor |year=1924 |journal=La Prensa. Diario de la mañana. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 10 de septiembre de 1924 |volume=XIV |issue=4618 |language=spanish }}</ref>.


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José Arechabala
Born(1847-11-09)9 November 1847
Gordexola, Biscay, Spain
Died15 March 1923(1923-03-15) (aged 75)
Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba
Family
  • Carmen Hurtado de Mendoza y García (wife, married 1874)
  • Carmela (daughter, born 1879)
  • José Antonio "Toto" (son, born 1881)
  • Mercedes (daughter, born 1884)
  • José Nicolás "Pepucho" (son, born 1885)
  • Juana (daughter, born 1887)

José Arechabala Aldama (9 November 1847 – 15 March 1923) was a Spanish industrialist who founded the distillery La Vizcaya in 1878 in Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba. In 1921 it was incorporated, along with other businesses, as José Arechabala S.A., which subsequently launched Havana Club rum.[1][2][3]

Biography

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José Arechabala was born on 9 November 1847 in Gordexola in the Spanish province of Biscay. He was the sixth son of a baker, whose family had been established in the village for centuries.[4] He left his home town and traveled to Cuba when he was 15, seeking better opportunities. He traveled aboard the Hermosa de Trasmiera,[5] a three-masted topsail frigate licensed in Santander, Spain,[6] and took over the role of chief cook on the voyage after the original cook was injured during a storm at sea.

Upon landing in Cuba in 1862,[7] he was introduced to Antonio Galíndez, a distant relative who was a businessman involved in sugar production and trade businessman in the Matanzas Province. Arechabala later went to work for Galíndez.[8] In 1869 he started working for Casa Bea, a hardware, banking and ship consignment company owned by the politician and industrialist Julián de Zulueta, who later became the Mayor (Alcalde) of Havana.[9] In 1873, he was appointed the sole agent of Zulueta's business ventures in Cárdenas. In 1874, Arechabala married Carmen Hurtado de Mendoza y García, with whom he would have five children.

In 1878, he founded a distillery, La Vizcaya,[10][11] where he started producing rum and other spirits, using the leftover molasses from the flourishing Cuban sugar industry. The business prospered, and was able to survive the hurricane that struck Cárdenas in 1888;[12] the damages at the time exceeded $50,000. At the beginning of the 20th century, the factory in Cárdenas already had access to the railway and had been expanded to include several boilers and distillation columns, while the company's businesses expanded to include sugar refineries, jam factories, shipyards and fuel production plants.[13] At the same time, the company dedicated significant efforts to social improvements in Cárdenas, which included contributing to the paving of streets, providing scholarships for local young people and employees' children, and building a theater.[14] In 1919 he was named Hijo Adoptivo (adopted son) of Cárdenas.

In 1921, La Vizcaya and various other companies owned by Arechabala were incorporated under the name of José Arechabala S.A.[15] and the founder was named its chairman. Arechabala died the morning of 15 March 1923, just a few minutes after starting the shift at work and having sent his offspring to the plant saying "¡A trabajar muchachos, ha sonado el pito!" ('To work lads, the whistle has sounded!').[16] His son-in-law (and nephew) José Arechabala Sainz took over the company after his death, but was killed in September 1924.[17]

José Arechabala S.A. launched Havana Club rum in 1934,[18] months after Prohibition ended in the United States in December 1933, and continued its production until the company was nationalized by the Cuban revolution on 31 December 1959.[1][2][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gjelten, Tom (2008). Bacardi and the long fight for Cuba. New York, USA: Penguin Books. pp. 295, 296, 327, 334, 335. ISBN 978-0-14-311632-5.
  2. ^ a b Arechabala, Ramon (13 July 2004). "Testimony of Mr. Ramon Arechabala" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ Bonera, Miguel (2000). Oro blanco. Una Historia Empresarial del ron cubano. Havana, Cuba: Havana Club. Lugus Libros. pp. 78, 91. ISBN 1896266738.
  4. ^ Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Fernando Sigifredo. "Arechabala" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ^ "José Arechabala Aldama" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  6. ^ Sanahuja Albiñana, Vicente Luis (2009). "La historia de un Capitán, un velero y un vapor" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ Dale, Michael (7 April 2018). "BWW Review: Immersive AMPARO Tells The Rags To Riches To Revolution Tale Behind Havana Club Rum". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. ^ Marqués, Maria Antonia (2002). Las industrias menores: empresarios y empresas en Cuba (1880–1920) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). La Habana: Editora Política. ISBN 978-9-59-010453-4.
  9. ^ Jiménez, Guillermo (1959). Propietarios de Cuba 1958 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). La Habana: Mercié.
  10. ^ a b Lowis, Ulrike (2016). Rum, Geschichte, Herstellung, Sorten und Rezepte (in German) (1st ed.). Cologne, Germany: Komet Verlag. p. 33,34,37,118. ISBN 978-3-86-941678-6.
  11. ^ Moreno Lázaro, Javier (2015). Rum, business and society in Cuba (1832–1965) (1st ed.). Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid.
  12. ^ Ramos, Luis Enrique (1 March 2013). "El ciclón de 1888 o el Huracán de Faquineto" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  13. ^ Dollero, Adolfo (1919). Cultura Cubana. La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución. Havana: Imprenta Seoane.
  14. ^ "José Arechabala S.A." (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  15. ^ de la Fe, E.J. (1 August 2013). "Arechabala Industries History. 'Havana Club'". Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Centenario de Don José Arechabala Aldama". Gordejuela. VIII (412 (página 16)). 1947.
  17. ^ "Desde Cuba. Detalles de un crimen. Suicidio del agresor". La Prensa. Diario de la Mañana. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 10 de Septiembre de 1924 (in Spanish). XIV (4618). 1924.
  18. ^ Vingtier, Alexandre (6 September 2016). "The story of Havana Club: from its origins to an explosive success!". Rumporter. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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