This woman gave up the scope of international markets to start a whiskey business

Bill Linanne meets Louise McGuane who has given up the world of multinationals to start her own whiskey bonding company.
This woman gave up the scope of international markets to start a whiskey business

The Irish have always been good at booze. Whether making it, selling it, or simply consuming it, we have a national identity that is forever linked to — and somewhat soaked in — alcohol.

Take Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond. Born Jack Moran in Philadelphia to Irish immigrant parents from Kilrush in Co Clare, he served in the army before deciding military life was not for him. He moved to New York and built an empire by bootlegging liquor during Prohibition.

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