Independent, family-owned distiller William Grant & Sons recently scooped the prestigious International Spirits Challenge Distiller of the Year title for the second year running. The Company, which has won the award four times in the last five years, also brought home a series of other awards from the ceremony held at the Marriott Grosvenor Square, London, including The single malt Trophy for Balvenie Portwood 21 Year Old, The Gold Design & Packaging Award for Solerno, and five gold, 15 silver and six bronze medal awards for the quality of its premium spirits in a variety of categories
Commenting on the remarkable achievements, William Grant & Sons’ Master Blender and Malt Master David Stewart, said: “We are incredibly proud to have won the ISC Distiller of the Year title for the fourth time in five years. It is testament to the consistent pride that each and everyone of our team takes in the hard work they put in across all sectors of our business that has enabled us to make this phenomenal achievement. To be also picking up a stable of major awards for the quality of our single malts and spirits has been tremendous.”
With William Grant and Sons winning a higher medal tally than any other distiller, the world’s number one cemented its reputation by once again winning the Trophy for the finest single malt on the market, this year for Balvenie Portwood 21 Year Old. And proving that its expertise extends even beyond the creation of world class premium spirits, the company also brought home a Gold Design & Packaging Award for Solerno.
William Grant & Sons is an independent family-owned distiller founded by William Grant in 1886 and today still controlled by the fifth generation of his family. The Company distils some of the world’s leading brands of Scotch whisky, including the world’s favourite single malt Glenfiddich®, the handcrafted range of The Balvenie® single malts and one of the world’s no. 4 blended Scotch, Grant’s®, as well as selected other spirits, including Hendrick’s® Gin.
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