Highland Park Owner Edrington Group Now Owns Glenrothes

Edrington Group, the parent company of the Macallan and Highland Park, is buying the Glenrothes brand from British wine and spirits merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd. In actuality, this is a re-acquisition, since Berry Bros. originally acquired the Glenrothes brand from Edrington in 2010. In the meantime, Edrington retained ownership of the distillery and cooperage where the Glenrothes whisky is made, and Edrington’s master whisky maker, Gordon Motion, has been responsible for creating the Glenrothes’ expressions. Thus the sale brings the whole kit and caboodle—production process, site, and brand—back into a single company, and whisky lovers can expect continuity going...