Luxco

Luxco, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Beverages
Founded	1958
Headquarters	5050 Kemper Ave, Saint 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

Luxco, Inc. is a privately owned producer and marketer of distilled beverages and liqueurs. 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.

Some brands of Luxco are:

Arrow liqueurs
Caffé Lolita
El Mayor
Everclear
Juarez tequila
Purple Passion
Saint Brendan's Irish Cream
Salvador's
Yago Sant'gria, a sangria.
Vodka
- Pearl
- Tvarscki
Whiskey:
- Ezra Brooks (and Old Ezra 101)^[1]
- Rebel Yell^[1]
- Blood Oath^[1]
- Yellowstone

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

1 2 3 "Bourbon Production Expanding in Bardstown, 'Bourbon Capital of the World'". WhiskyCast. September 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-19.

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