Glenfiddich and Balvenie Owner Buys Tuthilltown Spirits

Tuthilltown Spirits cofounder Ralph Erenzo (Photo by Ben Stechschulte)

By Susannah Skiver Barton

Seven years after it acquired the Hudson whiskey brand—though not the distillery—from Tuthilltown Spirits , William Grant & Sons has bought the whole facility. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but it includes 36 acres, a restaurant and visitors center, a distillery with a capacity of 110,000 gallons, and several additional spirits brands, including Half Moon gin and Indigenous vodka.

William Grant & Sons is best known as the parent company of the Balvenie and Glenfiddich scotch brands, though it also owns Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey , Drambuie...