Luxco
Luxco, Inc. is a privately owned producer and marketer of distilled beverages and liqueurs.[1][2] Formerly called the David Sherman Corporation, the company was renamed in 2006. Founded in 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri, by David Sherman Sr. and Paul A. Lux, the company sells beverages across the United States with some international trade. In January 2021, MGP Ingredients announced a planned purchase of Luxco. [3]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Beverages |
Founded | 1958 |
Headquarters | 5050 Kemper Ave., St. Louis, Missouri |
Key people | Donn Lux, CEO & Chairman David Bratcher, President & COO Steve Soucy, CFO Dan Streepy, Chief Sales Officer Steve Einig, Chief Marketing Officer |
Products | Wine Spirits |
Website | www.luxco.com |
Brands
Some brands of Luxco are:
- Arrow liqueurs
- Caffé Lolita liqueur
- Lady Bligh spiced rum
- El Mayor tequila
- Everclear
- Juarez tequila
- Purple Passion
- Saint Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur
- Salvador's cocktails
- Yago Sant'gria, a sangria.
- Vodkas:
- Pearl vodka
- Tvarscki
- Whiskey:
- Ezra Brooks (and Old Ezra 101)[4]
- Rebel Yell[4]
- Blood Oath[4]
- Yellowstone, as distributor for Limestone Branch Distillery
Luxco once owned the Admiral Nelson Spiced Rum brand, but it was sold in late 2011.
At the end of 2011, Luxco agreed to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Paramount Distillers Incorporated of Cleveland, Ohio and its Meier’s Wine Cellars subsidiary in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2011, the Company had $220 million in sales and about 180 employees. In January 2013, Luxco bought Beam's Wolfschmidt, Dark Eyes, Calvert, Bellows, Canada House and Tempo brands for $65 million.
Manufacturing, packaging, marketing and distribution take place at the company facilities in St. Louis, Missouri.
References
- St. Louis Business Journal
- ChicagoBusiness.com
- "Bourbon Production Expanding in Bardstown, 'Bourbon Capital of the World'". WhiskyCast. September 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-19.