Another Grant single malt Scotch whisky also made the top ten list of best-selling Scotch whiskies in 2017: The Balvenie (#6). Roughly 1.22 million cases of Glenfiddich were sold in 2017. The company's leading single malt Scotch brand is Glenfiddich, the best-selling single malt Scotch in the world as of 2016. The name Convalmore however is used for selected whiskies, although the distillery never produced a whisky under their own name. The Convalmore distillery produced whisky for other brands. William Grant & Sons bought the distillery in 1992, for the warehouses, to increase warehousing capacity for Glenfiddich. Convalmore distillery is a former whisky distillery in Dufftown, closing operations in 1985.Distilleries ĭistilleries owned by William Grant & Sons: In February 2022, William Grant & Sons launched its first low-alcoholic spirits Atopia. In September 2020, Fistful of Bourbon the company first bourbon was launched in the American market. In June 2020, the company made the decision to reopen some of its visitor centres with increased hygiene measures. In that same month, William Grant & Sons closed all of its visitor centres indefinitely due to the same pandemic. In March 2020, the company made the decision to switch production at three of its distilleries to create approximately five million litres of ethanol over an eight-week period to produce hand sanitiser during the Covid-19 pandemic. In September 2014, William Grant & Sons, bought Drambuie llqueur for an estimated price of about £100 million. In September they sold the three minor brands ( Irish Mist, Carolans, Frangelico) to Gruppo Campari for €129m, so in effect, Grants paid €171m for the Tullamore D.E.W.
In May 2010 the group bought four brands from C&C Group, including Tullamore D.E.W., for €300m. In 2009, Ailsa Bay distillery was built to meet needs for malt whisky for blended whiskies. In October 2005, the company bought Raynal & Cie and acquired the brandy brands Three Barrels and The Raynal. In 2005, William Grant & Sons established a distillery in Borgarnes, Iceland to make vodka. In October 2002, the company acquired the Canadian whisky brand Gibson's Finest. In 1999, the company acquired Highland Distillers through a partnership with Edrington Group taking a majority interest (the 1887 Company). In 1999 William Grant & Sons launched Hendrick's Gin, a brand of gin produced at the Girvan distillery, Scotland.
In 1992 William Grant & Sons bought the Convalmore distillery, to increase warehousing capacity for Glenfiddich. In 1990, William Grant & Sons founded the Kininvie distillery. In 1963 Girvan grain whisky distillery was built in South Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1892, William Grant & Sons built a second neighbouring distillery called Balvenie. On Christmas Day, 1887, the distillery was operational. In 1886, Grant and his six sons started construction of Glenfiddich distillery. William Grant was born in Dufftown in 1839.
William Grant & Sons has won the Queen's Award to Industry for Outstanding Export Achievement. In July 2014 it was reported that Grant's donated "in the region of £100,000" to the unionist campaign group Better Together, with the company being "said to have also donated smaller sums of money to other groups who are campaigning for a 'No' vote," ahead of the Scottish independence referendum. The master blender of Grant's is Brian Kinsman, who succeeded David Stewart who had been in his post for 47 years, the longest serving master blender with one distiller in the industry. The company is a member of the Scotch Whisky Association. Sales and marketing headquarters are in Richmond, London. The main operational headquarters are located at Strathclyde Business Park, North Lanarkshire. The company is registered at The Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown. The first and second largest, respectively, are Diageo (34.4%), and Pernod Ricard. The company is the third largest producer of Scotch whisky (8% market share), shipping about 7.6 million cases per year, with brands including Glenfiddich and Balvenie. It is the largest of the handful of Scotch whisky distillers remaining in family ownership. It was established in 1887 by William Grant, and is run by Grant's descendants as of 2018. William Grant & Sons Ltd is an independent, family-owned Scottish company that distills Scotch whisky and other selected categories of spirits. Scottish alcohol distillery William Grant & Sons
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