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Glenmorangie Company

Whisky Concerns

GLENMORANGIE  COMPANY,  het eigendom van Moët Hennessy

Ardbeg                         1.000.000 litres
Glenmorangie         6.000.000 litres

August 2015
Tough trading conditions in China have failed to prevent whisky distiller Glenmorangie from serving up an 8 per cent rise in annual profits.
The firm, owned by French luxury goods group LVMH, said it was "very encouraged" by demand for its eponymous single malt and stablemate Ardbeg, which helped generate a 16.5 per cent jump in sales.
Latest accounts filed with Companies House show that the Edinburgh-based group made an operating profit of £17.7m for 2014, up from £16.4m a year earlier. Glenmorangie described the performance as "solid" amid an overall single malt whisky market that grew by 5 per cent in volume terms during the year.
Turnover in the year to 31 December rose to £81.7m, against £70.1m in 2013. However, the distiller added: "While the group recorded excellent momentum with solid growth from both Glenmorangie and Ardbeg brands, performance has been impacted by continued destocking by distributors in China."Partly as a knock-on effect of the government austerity campaign in China, overall direct exports to the country - the 26th largest market for Scotch - fell by 23 per cent to £39m in 2014, according to the Scotch Whisky Association trade body.
Glenmorangie, acquired by LVMH in 2004 in a deal worth £300 million, said: "The group continues to invest in advertising and promotion to support the accelerated growth of its brands in existing and emerging international markets."
At the end of March, the firm sold the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) to a group of private investors following a decade of ownership.
Writing in Glenmorangie's annual report, president and chief executive Marc Hoellinger said that the sale of SMWS had followed a review aimed at finding ways of helping the society deliver more growth.
Hoellinger said that, since acquiring the business in 2004, the French-owned company had "invested and supported the expansion of the society both in the UK and internationally".
He added: "The society management team and the Glenmorangie Company reviewed how best to grow the society further, exploring a number of options to ensure a prosperous future in the best interests of the society and its members. Following this review, the society management team and the Glenmorangie Company determined that new investors will enable the society to continue to flourish."
The firm, which counts golfers Sir Nick Faldo and Tony Jacklin as its brand "ambassadors", employs more than 200 people and said it would "continue to support the development of its brands with the resultant positive impacts on increases in production and employment in its operations".

10. September 2021 | rad
Glenmorangie
Leuchtturm für wegweisende Whiskys
Die Glenmorangie Destillerie eröffnet eine eigene Brennerei, die ausschließlich für Experimente genutzt werden soll. Das in der Whiskyindustrie bislang einzigartige Projekt soll es dem Unternehmen ermöglichen, „jeden Aspekt der Whiskykreation neu zu definieren“. Von den Rohstoffen bis zum Destillationsprozess können Veränderungen vorgenommen werden, die zuvor unmöglich waren.

„Es gibt kein Tabu, solange es köstlich ist“, fasst Dr. Bill Lumsden, Director of Whisky Creation, die Idee zusammen. Für Thomas Moradpour, Präsident und CEO, ist das Projekt „ein Grundstein für unsere Pläne, weiterhin den Spitzenplatz für köstliche Whiskys einzunehmen“.

Die „Lighthouse“ genannte Brennerei steht im Herzen des Destilleriegeländes von Glenmorangie. Benannt ist sie nach ihrem Anspruch, wegweisende Ansätze in der Whiskybereitung zu liefern. Wie ein echter Leuchtturm ist der 20 Meter hohe Glaskubus schon von weitem sichtbar.

Glenmorangie seeks innovation with new distillery
13 SEPTEMBER 2021

Glenmorangie’s Lighthouse Distillery has opened its doors, and will see the production of innovative spirit-led whiskies made possible by the use of new technologies.

Bill Lumsden standing in front of Lighthouse distillery: Glenmorangie seeks innovation with new distillery

The new distillery has been created solely for experimentation, rather than yield. The 20m high stills installed into the distillery feature modifications allowing for alterations to the character of the spirit by acting as if they were shorter or taller.

The Lighthouse’s Brewhouse next door has been designed to allow the distillery to operate entirely of its own accord, meaning experiment can take place without affecting the production of Glenmorangie’s single malt. A mash tun, custom designed to influence spirit character by creating different clarities of wort, has also been installed.

Glenmorangie Lighthouse still house

Thomas Moradpour, President and CEO of The Glenmorangie Company, said: “Global demand for Glenmorangie is growing significantly. The first of its kind, our Lighthouse experimental distillery is the keystone of our plans to stay at the forefront of taste innovation. By giving our talented creation team free rein, we will welcome even more consumers worldwide to enjoy delicious whiskies.”

To mark the opening, the whisky producer has released a soft and fruity whisky, limited to 3,000 bottles available only at the distillery. Aged 12 years in Bourbon and sherry casks now encased in the Lighthouse’s walls, Glenmorangie Lighthouse whisky retails at £85 a bottle.

Glenmorangie lighthouse bottle

Biogas will be used to power part of the new distillery; a new landmark for the site where Glenmorangie has been creating its single malt since 1843. The new structure has been designed by Paris-based Barthélémy Griño Architects.

Director of Whisky Creation Dr Bill Lumsden said: “Our Lighthouse is the new home of imagination. Here, we’ll indulge our most fantastical ideas as we strive to create a whole array of different flavours. We will play with raw ingredients and  make small adjustments and big changes in ways never tried before. Nothing is off limits, as long as it’s  delicious.”

Glenmorangie open experimental distillery
14 September, 2021

Glenmorangie single malt has opened the Lighthouse, the brand’s first innovation distillery created for experimentation.

The Lighthouse, designed by Paris-based Barthélémy Griño Architects, has been built on the site of Glenmorangie’s Highland Distillery, overlooking Dornoch Firth.

“Our Lighthouse is the new home of imagination,” said Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s director of whisky creation who will head up the experimentation team at the Lighthouse.

“Here, we’ll indulge our most fantastical ideas as we strive to create a whole array of different flavours. We will play with raw ingredients and make small adjustments and big changes in ways never tried before. Nothing is off-limits, as long as it’s delicious.”

The new facility contains a stillhouse, equipped with two giraffe-high stills modified to alter spirit character by acting as if they were shorter or taller, a brewhouse for experimentation involving barley, water and yeast during mashing and brewing, and a sensory laboratory for experimentation on raw spirit.

The building will be powered in part by biogas, created from the by-products of distillation.

Under the direction of Dr Lumsden, Glenmorangie has been an experimental force in the world of Scotch single malt for several decades having put wood-finishing whisky on the map in the mid-1990s.

Since then, experimental releases, such as the mocha-inspired Glenmorangie Signet have affirmed that reputation.

“Global demand for Glenmorangie is growing significantly,” said Thomas Moradpour, president and chief executive of The Glenmorangie Company.

“The first of its kind, our Lighthouse experimental distillery is the keystone of our plans to stay at the forefront of taste innovation. By giving our talented creation team free rein, we will welcome even more consumers worldwide to enjoy delicious whiskies.”

To celebrate the opening of the Lighthouse, Glenmorangie has announced the release of a limited 3000 bottle run of Glenmorangie Lighthouse. The 12-year-aged whisky, created with bourbon and sherry casks, is available exclusively from the Distillery for rrp £8

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