Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980. Heeding the advice of the late, great, Silvano Samaroli, he opted to be "free from the big companies," and became the official distributor for Islay's Bruichladdich, and later Tamnavulin and Tullibardine, preferring however to procure casks from private owners. Mongiardino bottled his first whisky in 1982, titled the Half Moon series. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, using images found in old books. The famous Birds, Animals, Costumes and Sea series were all labelled using pictures he discovered in an 18th century German encyclopaedia. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity, and with the help of Intertrade founder, Nadi Fiori, they exported their first bottles to Japan in 2001.

The casks for this release were selected by Pepi Mongiardino, and the label artwork is by long-time collaborator, the artist Nadia Pini.

The Enmore Demerara Rum 1990 Moon Import was distilled in the historic Versailles single wooden pot still. This pot still was made for the Versailles Estate, which was founded in the mid-18th century. When the Versailles Distillery closed in the early 1970s, their pot still was moved to Enmore. The Enmore distillery closed in 1993 and the Versailles still went to Uitvlugt. When they, too, were forced to close in 2000, the still went to the last remaining rum distillery in Guyana (Diamond) where the Versailles pot still (now over 250 years old) remains in operation to this day.