| General info : | | Gilbey's is a brand name of gin.
W&A Gilbey was founded in 1857 as a gin distillery by Sir Walter Gilbey, but by 1962 had a diversified family share holding, chaired by former figure skater and politician, Ronald Gilbey. He had resigned from London County Council in 1958, to become chairman of W&A Gilbey, a post he held for eleven years.
In 1962 International Distillers & Vintners was established from the merger of W&A Gilbey and United Wine Traders.
At the time of the merger, W&A Gilbey was the largest wine and spirits company in the United Kingdom.
In 1972, the company was bought by Watney Combe & Reid, and became their consolidated wine and spirits division.
The group was taken over by Grand Metropolitan PLC in 1972.
In 1997, Guinness PLC merged with Grand Metropolitan PLC to create Diageo PLC.
In 1998 International Distillers & Vintners was merged with United Distillers to create United Distillers & Vintners, forming the spirits division of Diageo PLC, then renamed once again in 2002 to become Diageo Scotland. | |
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| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Distillers_%26_Vintners (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Distillers_%26_Vintners) | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Diageo PLC | |
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| Endpoint Description Field | | Gin | |