Montebello Brands is a family liquor business founded in 1933 by Samuel J. Bernstein at the end of Prohibition, and says it has continued through three generations of family ownership. It produces spirits and ready-to-drink cocktails, including its Original Long Island Iced Tea, launched in 1984 and now sold in 20 states. The company identifies itself as minority- and women-owned and says its products are made in the USA.
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Sovereign BrandsFour generations of family experience shape Sovereign Brands, a family-owned, family-run company that has created wine and spirits brands since 1999. Working with family-owned producers around the world, it develops new beverage brands from the ground up and supports their distribution across more than 100 countries.New York, NY
Hudson Valley DistillersSince 2014, family-run Hudson Valley Distillers has been hand-distilling farm-to-bottle spirits in New York’s Hudson Valley and turning them into ready-to-pour bottled cocktails. Husband-and-wife team Chris and Jennifer Moyer run the operation with Jennifer’s brother, Stephen Theiss: Chris distills, Jennifer develops the cocktails, and Stephen handles packaging. The veteran-, woman-, and LGBT+-owned business sources ingredients from nearby farms and grain growers, keeping its spirits closely tied to the local community.CLERMONT, NY
Heaven Hill BrandsFounded in 1935, Heaven Hill Brands is a family-owned spirits producer that grew from a single distillery into one of America’s largest independent distilled spirits suppliers. Now led across three generations, the company distills and bottles spirits and operates production facilities in Kentucky and Texas. Its portfolio includes American whiskey and spirits brands such as Evan Williams and Deep Eddy.PHILADELPHIA, PA
The Cooper Spirits CoEstablished in 2006 by Robert J. Cooper and Katie Cooper, The Cooper Spirits Co. is an independent maker of distinctive spirits, best known for Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock & Rye, a bottled cocktail built around aged straight rye whiskey. The company also develops carefully composed liqueurs and whiskey expressions, including the revived Crème Yvette and its aged Lock Stock & Barrel rye portfolio.PHILADELPHIA, PA