The Edrington Group
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The Edrington Group Limited is a major Scotch whisky company with expertise in blending, bottling, distributing and marketing. It produces several well-known brands, including The Famous Grouse, one of Scotland's favourite whiskys, The Macallan, Highland Park Single Malt, and Cutty Sark. The company also has a majority stake in Brugal rum, the market leader in the Dominican Republic.
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[edit] Foundation
The company was founded in Glasgow in 1860 by William A. Robertson. The Edrington Group bought Highland Distilleries for £601 million in 1999.
[edit] Origin of Name
The Robertson sisters established The Robertson Trust, a charitable trust, in May 1961. The Misses Elspeth, Agnes, and Ethel had inherited from their father William the controlling interest in Robertson & Baxter and Clyde Bonding Company. The business was renamed Edrington after a farm next to their estate in the Scottish Borders. Today The Edrington Group is wholly owned by the Trust. The Trust gave a record £7.4 million to charitable causes last year.
In the New Year Honours 2008, the Edrington Group's chair, John James Griffin Good, was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to Scotland".[1]
