WhistlePig Sells Minority Stake to the Owner of Ardbeg and Glenmorangie
Shoreham, Vermont-based WhistlePig Whiskey has sold a minority stake to spirits conglomerate Moët Hennessy, allowing it to expand its availability overseas.
Three years after it
Moët Hennessy has taken a minority stake in Vermont-based
WhistlePig. The financial terms weren’t disclosed. The deal will see WhistlePig’s international standing increase significantly as Moët Hennessy assumes distribution of the whiskeys outside of the U.S., with a goal of greatly expanding the brand’s presence abroad.
The move has some synergies with Moët Hennessy’s existing American whiskey distillery, Woodinville: Both it and WhistlePig were heavily influenced in their early years by legendary master distiller Dave Pickerell, who