Schenley Industries was a liquor company based in New York City with headquarters in the Empire State Building and a distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana . It owned several brands of Bourbon whiskey , including Schenley, The Old Quaker Company, Cream of Kentucky, Golden Wedding Rye, I.W. Harper , and James E. Pepper . Schenley Industries was also the owner of the producer of Cruzan Rum . It also owned a controlling interest in Blatz beer and made a Canadian whisky called Schenley Reserve, also called Schenley Black Label. It was the only liquor available to submarine officers at Midway in World War II , where it was held in low regard and known as "Schenley's Black Death". It also imported Dewar's White Label Scotch.
17-658: Schenley Products Company was organized in the 1920s by Lewis Rosenstiel . The company bought numerous distillers, including one in Schenley, Pennsylvania , and acquired a license to produce medicinal whiskey. (The United States government had authorized six companies to produce medicinal spirits. The others were: Brown-Forman , Frankfort Distilleries , the A. Ph. Stitzel Distillery , the American Medicinal Spirits Company , and James Thompson and Brother .) In 1933, when Prohibition ended, Schenley Distillers Company
34-457: A 20-proof beer. The wash is then distilled into spirits using a five-step process. The water used in the vodka comes from a natural spring 150 meters (500 feet) below the blending facility in Cognac, which is lined with limestone, providing calcium-rich spring water. That water is then filtered to remove impurities. After the filtration, the vodka is bottled in a plant. Grey Goose vodka is bottled with
51-654: A billionaire creating the vodka Grey Goose and through guerilla marketing of the German cordial, Jägermeister . His second wife, Lee, married Walter Annenberg , was on the board of the Metropolitan Opera, and led the influential Annenberg Foundation . His divorce from his fourth wife changed the divorce laws in the U.S. His fifth wife, Blanka A. Rosenstiel , took over the Rosenstiel Foundation following his death in 1976. His first wife, Dorothy Heller, contributed
68-402: A dying, semicomatose Rosenstiel to sign a codicil that Cohn falsely claimed was related to Rosenstiel's divorce. The incident happened in 1975, and Cohn was disbarred shortly before his death in 1986. Rosenstiel was also friends with Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover , and was the primary contributor to the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation. In 1936, Rosenstiel purchased
85-632: A mix of spring and bottled water. Grey Goose uses soft winter wheat , sown in October and harvested in August, which provides it with four additional months of growth in comparison to summer wheat. Even though Grey Goose distills its vodka from wheat, it is gluten-free. The distillation process removes the gluten from the final product. During the distilling process, Grey Goose uses enzymes to break down carbohydrates into fermentable sugars. The fermentation takes place continuously over six cascading tanks, producing
102-552: A nine-part online series called Off Script . It is the official vodka of the US Open tennis tournament, and is the key ingredient in the " honey deuce ," the signature drink of the tournament. The wheat used in the creation of Grey Goose vodka is grown in Picardy , France. It is distilled in the Northeast of Paris, then sent to Cognac, France . Once received, the distillate is blended with
119-510: Is a brand of vodka produced in France. It was created in the 90s by American businessman Sidney Frank , who sold it to the multinational company Bacardi in 2004. The Maître de Chai for Grey Goose is François Thibault , who developed the original recipe for the vodka in Cognac, France . Grey Goose was created by Sidney Frank Importing Co (SFIC). Sidney Frank , founder/CEO of the company, developed
136-614: The Beverage Testing Institute reviewed Grey Goose Vodka, which was the highest-scoring brand with a 96. In 2001, Grey Goose released its first flavor, L'Orange, followed by Le Citron in 2002. The company was eventually sold by Sidney Frank to Bacardi for a reported US$ 2.2 billion in 2004. That year, Grey Goose was the best-selling premium brand vodka in the United States, selling more than 1.5 million cases that year. In 2018, Grey Goose partnered with Jamie Foxx for
153-644: The 1,481-acre estate of Edmund C. Converse, the first president of Banker's Trust. Conyers Farm, in Greenwich, Connecticut , which was one of "the great estates of America". It was larger than Central Park and Prospect Park combined, and had 52 rooms. In 1980, it was purchased by the paper magnate Peter Brant and developed into 95 10-acre sites, sold to celebrities, including Vince McMahon and Ron Howard . Rosenstiel died in early 1976, in Miami Beach, Florida , at age 84. Grey Goose (vodka) Grey Goose
170-584: The United States. The company sponsored the Schenley Award in the Canadian Football League from its establishment in 1953 until 1988. The trophy is still awarded for outstanding play, despite the fact the company stopped its sponsorship in 1988 and has not been sponsored since. This drink -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lewis Rosenstiel Lewis Solon Rosenstiel (21 July 1891 – 21 January 1976)
187-552: The funds which Rosenstiel used to start Schenley Industries. Rosenstiel's mother's family were Disraelis; when they bought the Johnson trading post in Ohio, they changed their name to Johnson. Rosenstiel was a friend of attorney Roy Cohn , and together they formed the organization American Jewish League Against Communism . Cohn was eventually disbarred based on his attempt to fraudulently name himself co-executor of Rosenstiel's will by forcing
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#1733085517888204-579: The idea in the summer of 1997. SFIC partnered with cognac producer François Thibault (a French Maître de Chai , or, Cellar Master) in France to transition his skills from cognac to vodka production. The company selected France due to the country's culinary history and it was to differentiate itself from other vodkas produced in Eastern Europe. The company also developed its distinctive smoked glass bottle, featuring French geese in flight and delivered its product in wooden crates similar to wine. In 1998,
221-671: Was born to a Jewish family in Cincinnati , Ohio, the son of Elizabeth (née Johnson) and Solon Rosenstiel. He attended University School and Franklin Prep. He began his career working at his uncle's business, Susquemac Distilling Company, in Milton, Kentucky . Rosenstiel organized Schenley Products Company in the 1920s. The company bought numerous distillers, including one in Schenley, Pennsylvania , that had licenses to produce medicinal whisky. In 1933, when Prohibition ended, Schenley Distillers Company
238-421: Was formed as a publicly owned company. In 1949, the company's name was changed to Schenley Industries . Schenley became one of the largest liquor companies in the United States. It was one of the "Big Four", which dominated liquor sales, and included Seagram , National Distillers , and Hiram Walker . Rosenstiel retired from Schenley in 1968 and it was acquired by Israeli financier Meshulam Riklis . The company
255-447: Was formed as a publicly owned company. It was the largest liquor company in the United States during 1934–1937. The name was changed to Schenley Industries in 1949. It was one of the "Big Four", which dominated liquor sales, and included Seagram , National Distillers and Hiram Walker . Schenley was acquired by the financier Meshulam Riklis in 1968. He sold the company to Guinness in 1987. Schenley had formerly imported Guinness into
272-423: Was sold to Guinness in 1987. In February 1971, a Congressional investigator testified that Rosenstiel participated in a bootlegging "consortium". Rosenstiel was married five times: to Dorothy Heller, Leonore Cohn (niece of Harry Cohn , founder of Columbia Pictures ), Louise Rosenstiel, Susan Kaufman, and Blanka Wdowiak . His daughter, Louise, married Sidney Frank , who well after her death in 1973, became
289-611: Was the founder of Schenley Industries , an American liquor company, and a philanthropist. The Rosenstiel Award , issued by Brandeis University and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami , is named after him and his wife. His grant also established the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center at Brandeis University. Rosenstiel
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