Public | |
Traded as | Euronext: RCO |
Industry | Alcohol beverage |
Founded | 1991 |
Headquarters | Paris |
Products | cognac, wines, rum and liqueurs |
Revenue | € 807.8 million (2010) |
€ 140 million (2010) | |
€ 86.3 million (2010) | |
Number of employees
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1,571 (2010) |
Subsidiaries | Rémy Cointreau USA |
Website | Groupe Rémy Cointreau |
Rémy Cointreau is a French alcoholic beverage company that produces cognac, liqueurs and spirits. The company is a result of a 1990-1991 merger between Rémy Martin and Cointreau.
Brands produced by Rémy Cointreau include: Rémy Martin (cognac), Mount Gay (rum), Cointreau (liqueur), Passoã (liqueur), Metaxa (brandy) and Bruichladdich (Scotch whisky)
Rémy Cointreau previously owned both Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck champagnes. The sale of Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and 800ha of vineyards to private French luxury goods group EPI (Société européenne de participations industrielles) owned by the Descours family for €400m was announced on 16 March 2011.
On 23 July 2012, it was announced that Rémy Cointreau had acquired Bruichladdich, the Islay Scotch Whisky distillery, for £58m.