Edrington Group Ends US Contract with Remy Cointreau

Dear Client: Glasgow-based Edrington Group has ended its US distribution contract with Remy Cointreau, effective March 31, 2014, said Remy Cointreau ceo Jean-Marie Laborde in the company's full year results. Subsequently Edrington, which owns brands such as The Macallan, The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, will be setting up its own distribution network in the US. You may recall Remy Cointreau and Edrington Group have been distribution partners in the US since 1999. "It's an old story, thus, of hatred