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Corby Spirit and Wine

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Type
  
Public

Headquarters
  
Toronto, Canada

Founded
  
1924

Website
  
www.corby.ca

Number of employees
  
209

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Traded as
  
TSX: CSW.A (voting)TSX: CSW.B (non-voting)

Industry
  
Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

Stock price
  
CSW.A (TSE) CA$ 22.15 +0.09 (+0.41%)3 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-5 - Disclaimer

Parent organizations
  
Pernod Ricard, Allied Domecq

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Corby Spirit and Wine Ltd. is a Canadian alcohol manufacturing and distribution company.

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It was founded in 1859 in Corbyville, Ontario. As of 2008, the company is 46% owned by Pernod Ricard SA. The company distills several Canadian specialities, as well as marketing Pernod Ricard's products in Canada.

History

  • 1905, sold to Mortimer Davis as H. Corby Distillery Company Limited
  • 1918, sold to Canadian Industrial Alcohol Company Limited, merged with JP Wiser’s Distillery Limited of Prescott, Ontario, J.M. Douglas and Company Limited, and Robert Macnish and Co. Limited of Scotland.
  • 1935 Hiram Walker – Gooderham & Worts Ltd acquires 51% share
  • 1952, company wins right to produce United Rum Merchants of London's Lamb's Rum in Canada
  • 1954, company buys stake in Tia Maria
  • 1969, named changed to "Corby Distilleries Limited – Les Distilleries Corby Limitée"
  • 1978, purchases Meagher’s Distillery Limited of Montreal and its subsidiary, The William Mara Company of Toronto.
  • 1985, Corby's parent company is purchased by Allied Lyons PLC
  • 1988, Corby divests itself of Robert MacNish Scotch Company, purchases McGuinness Distilling Co. Ltd from Heublein, and the spirits division of Nabisco brands.
  • 1989, distillery in Corbyville, Ontario closes
  • 1991, Corby buys Upper Canada Brewing Company Limited, resold in 1995
  • 2005 Corby's parent company purchased by Pernod Ricard of France
  • 2006 Corby sells stake in Tia Maria to Pernod Ricard and purchases international rights to Lamb's Rum
  • 2013 Corby changes its name to Corby Spirit and Wine Limited.

    • Canadian brands

  • Wiser's whisky
  • Polar Ice Vodka
  • Lamb's Rum
  • McGuinness Liqueur Family
  • Pike Creek Canadian Whisky
  • Lot 40 Canadian Whisky

    • References

    Corby Spirit and Wine Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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