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Valleyfield Distillery factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region
Valleyfield Distillery Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Country of Origin Status Active Whisky Type
Canada Active 1938 - Present
Website Tours Available Owned by Parent Group
Valleyfield Distillery Not Available Diageo Global Supply, Valleyfield

Valleyfield Distillery Timeline:

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  1. 1938Hector Authier buys the former brewery site and forms Quebec Distillers Company, beginning distillery operations at Valleyfield.
  2. 1945Lewis Rosenstiel's Schenley Distillers buys the plant and rebuilds it as a whisky distillery.
  3. 1948Valleyfield's first whisky, Golden Wedding, is ready for market two years after Schenley's rebuilding effort.
  4. 1972Schenley revives Gibson's as a Canadian whisky using spirit distilled at Valleyfield.
  5. 1990United Distillers buys the Valleyfield plant and brands after the late-1980s ownership turbulence.
  6. 2008Diageo becomes the owner of Valleyfield and later turns it into a key Crown Royal and innovation site.
  7. 2018Diageo sells the VO, 83, and Five Star brands to Sazerac but continues blending and bottling them on contract at Valleyfield.

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