International Distillers & Vintners was a brewing and wine and spirits distribution company, formed from the 1962 merger of W&A Gilbey and Justerini and Brooks.
History
W&A Gilbey was founded in 1857 as a gin distillery by Sir Walter Gilbey, but by 1962 had a diversified family share holding, chaired by former figure skater and politician, Ronald Gilbey.[1] He had resigned from London County Council in 1958,[2] to become chairman of W&A Gilbey, a post he held for eleven years. At the time of the merger, Gilbey's was the largest wine and spirits company in the United Kingdom.[1]
In 1962, W&A Gilbey merged with Justerini and Brooks to form International Distillers & Vintners. The company was taken over by Grand Metropolitan in 1972.[3][4]
In 1997, Guinness merged with Grand Metropolitan to create Diageo. In 1998 International Distillers & Vintners merged with United Distillers to create United Distillers & Vintners, forming the spirits division of Diageo.[5]
Distilleries
Distilleries owned by International Distillers & Vintners.[6]
- Auchroisk
- Glen Spey
- Knockando
References
- Obituary: Mr Ronald Gilbey The Times, 3 August 1977^
- W Eric Jackson. Achievement. A Short History of the London County Council Longmans, 1965^
- Gilbey's www.dcs.ed.ac.uk, retrieved 2024-09-28^
- Who are the Gilbeys? GilbeyGroup.com, 29 June 2011, retrieved 20 March 2019^
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121142345/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1983/fulltext/174c06.pdf Competition Commission Report 1983]}}^
- Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. Great Whiskies Dorling Kindersley Limited, April 2011^