The 1988 acquisition of Irish Distillers Ltd (IDL) by Pernod Ricard is the great drinks industry acquisition that almost never happened. As the story goes, the French company – then a fraction of the size of today’s colossus – originally only wanted a small slice of the Irish whiskey pie.
Chapel Down pulls plug on new winery
Chapel Down submitted proposals in November 2022 to relocate operations to Highland Court Farm, a site of more than 26 acres near Canterbury.
Shivam Mishra September 25 2025


