The Depaz Distillery is located in Martinique, on the slopes of Mount Pelée, in the North of the Island. Originally exploited for the cultivation of tobacco, indigo and for breeding, the land was quickly used by Víctor Depaz for cultivation of the sugar cane that developed strongly thanks to the improvement of distillation techniques. But on May 8, 1902, the Mount Pelée volcano woke up: the city of Saint Pierre was wiped off the map. Victor Depaz, then a student in Bordeaux, learns of the terrible disaster at the same time as the disappearance of his entire family. Orphaned, broke, he sets out to settle in Canada. During his trip, during a stopover in Martinique, he decided to return to Saint-Pierre, to the Périnelle house where he was born. On May 8, 1917, just 15 years after the eruption, he installed his brand new distillery supplied by the 521 hectares of sugar cane that he now owns on the slopes of Mount Pelée. He then had a family home built, a replica of the Habitation Périnelle where he spent his childhood, quickly named Château Depaz, where he settled in 1922 with his wife and eleven children. During the 1950s, Victor Depaz's children took over from their father. André and Raoul Depaz modernized the production of sugar cane and improved the distillery that everyone now calls the Depaz distillery.

The Depaz Distillery is located in Martinique, on the slopes of Mount Pelée, in the North of the Island. Originally exploited for the cultivation of tobacco, indigo and for breeding, the land was quickly used by Víctor Depaz for cultivation of the sugar cane that developed strongly thanks to the improvement of distillation techniques. But on May 8, 1902, the Mount Pelée volcano woke up: the city of Saint Pierre was wiped off the map. Victor Depaz, then a student in Bordeaux, learns of the terrible disaster at the same time as the disappearance of his entire family. Orphaned, broke, he sets out to settle in Canada. During his trip, during a stopover in Martinique, he decided to return to Saint-Pierre, to the Périnelle house where he was born. On May 8, 1917, just 15 years after the eruption, he installed his brand new distillery supplied by the 521 hectares of sugar cane that he now owns on the slopes of Mount Pelée. He then had a family home built, a replica of the Habitation Périnelle where he spent his childhood, quickly named Château Depaz, where he settled in 1922 with his wife and eleven children. During the 1950s, Victor Depaz's children took over from their father. André and Raoul Depaz modernized the production of sugar cane and improved the distillery that everyone now calls the Depaz distillery.