Two months ago, French spirits and Champagne firm Remy Cointreau paid GBP58m (US$90.3m) for Islay Scotch maker Bruichladdich. The sale of the independent distillery, only reopened for 12 years, sent ripples through the whisky industry and saw the departure of co-founder and MD Mark Reynier.

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