The Conyngham family has signed an exclusive distribution contract with wine and spirit specialists, Classic Drinks, to distribute Slane Castle Irish Whiskey throughout Ireland.
Classic Drinks is a wholly owned Irish company that imports and sells wines and spirits from around the world throughout the Irish Republic. The company employs 21 people, including a sales team of 10 people from its head office in Little Island, Cork City.
Alex Mount Charles said: "We are delighted to be working with the Classic Drinks team who are proactively pushing Slane Castle Irish Whiskey out into the Irish market. We can already see evidence of the brand increasing in popularity and going from strength to strength."
Hugh Murray, sales director of Classic Drinks, said that having such a large brand name as Slane Castle Irish Whiskey in its portfolio had helped sell the whiskey to both existing and new customers nationwide.
Slane Castle Irish Whiskey has been handcrafted and carefully selected by three generations of the Conyngham family.
Alex, The Earl of Mount Charles and Henry's son, has worked closely with master blender Noel Sweeney from Cooley Distillery to create a well-balanced blend of malt and grain Irish whiskey. This small batch whiskey is aged and matured for at least four years in first use American bourbon soaked oak barrels.
In the traditonal style, the malt whiskey is distilled in copper pot stills, with the column distilled grain whiskey using both malted barley and maize.
