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Tanqueray introduced "Mr. Jenkins", a white-haired, well-dressed spokes-character, in print ads in 1994. [13] He was retired a few years later. In 2004 Tanqueray introduced "Tony Sinclair", a younger, foppish hipster socialite spokes-character in television ads created by Conor Sheridan. [ 13 ]
In 1922 Tanqueray Gordon & Co. was acquired by the Distillers Company. In 1924 Gordon's began production of a 'Ready-to-Serve' Shaker Cocktail range, each in an individual shaker bottle. [5] In 1925 Gordon's was awarded its first Royal Warrant by King George V. [5] In 1929 Gordon's released an orange gin, and a lemon variety in 1931.
The distillery was then renamed as Royal Lochnagar three years following Queen Victoria's visit. [7] [5] The distillery sold whisky under the name John Begg until the late 20th century, under the slogan 'Take a peg of John Begg'. [3] The distillery remained in direct family ownership until 1902 when it became a private limited company. [3]
Tanqueray (or Tanquerey) is an English and French surname of Norman origin. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Anne Tanqueray (1691-1733), English silversmith; Ingrid Tanqueray (born 1988), French basketball player; Paul Tanqueray (1905–1991), English photographer; Charles Tanqueray (1810-1868), British distiller who founded the ...
The Seagram's Distillery (also known as the Calvert Distillery) is a historic building complex in Louisville, Kentucky, on Seventh Street Road.It was originally constructed between 1933 and 1936 for the production of bourbon whiskey by Distillers Corporation Limited, who acquired Joseph E. Seagram & Sons (later renamed to The Seagram Company Ltd.) in 1928.
There are mentions of a distillery being founded as early as 1810, then known as Kilnflat. [2] It wasn't until 1829 that official records for the distillery show up. After running into financial difficulty, the distillery closed in 1870 [3] before being renamed Glenburgie in 1871. [2] It re-opened in 1878, under Charles Kay. [3]
The Cotswolds Distillery and Visitor Centre. Initial development of the distillery was assisted by Harry Cockburn (a Master Distiller and former Production Director at Bowmore distillery) and Dr. Jim Swan (an expert in cask maturation whose previous projects include work with Penderyn in Wales, Kavalan in Taiwan and The Milk & Honey Distillery ...
The distillery commenced production in 2013 under the ownership of Tony Reeman-Clark, David Land and David Wight. [1] Initially the distillery produced gin and the first whisky was distilled in October 2013. [3] Strathearn's first scotch whisky was released in 2016. [6] In 2019, the distillery was acquired by the Glasgow company Douglas Laing ...