Alert: Stoli Group Enters Whiskey Cat, Buys KY Cult Brand

Stoli Group USA is entering the whiskey category with the acquisition of cult whiskey brand Kentucky Owl. Stoli will take over the national distribution, sales and marketing, and begin a global rollout for the brand, effective immediately.Kentucky Owl was founded in 1879 by Charles Mortimer Dedman. He ran it until 1916, i.e. the early days of Prohibition. Though it wasn't legally resurrected until 2008, when Dixon Dedman, Charles' great-great grandson, partnered with California winemakers Mark and Sherri Carter to Kentucky