Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best Kentucky based Wine And Spirits companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Wine And Spirits industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Kentucky Wine And Spirits Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Brown-Forman Corp.
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Brown-Forman is one of the American-owned spirits and wine companies.
Angel’s Envy Bourbon
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There’s bourbon. And then there’s divine inspiration painstakingly crafted into a spirit so sublime you’ll want to share it with the world.
Braxton Brewing
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Braxton Brewing operates a craft brewery and taprooms providing fresh handmade beer.
Barrell Craft Spirits
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Barrell Craft Spirits, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is an independent blender and bottler of unique aged, cask-strength sourced.
Winerist
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Winerist an award winning travel website with the world’s largest online wine, food & travel community.
The Bard Distillery
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The Bard Distillery is a Craft Distillery and Destination Venue.
Casamigos tequila
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Casamigos, the fastest growing super-premium tequila brand in the US.
Revival
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Revival sells vintage spirits, tasting experiences, and provide unique member opportunities.
Heaven Hill Distilleries
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America’s largest family-owned and operated distilled spirits producer and marketer
What Chefs Want!
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What Chefs Want is a wholesale food distributor delivering meats, gourmet food items, paper goods, dairy, and restaurant staple items.
Liquor Barn
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Kentucky-based spirits, beer and wine retailer.
Bardstown Bourbon Company
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Bardstown Bourbon Company is producing whiskey, bourbon, and rye for its own brands as well as for its Collaborative Distilling partners.
The Lost Explorer Mezcal Company
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The Lost Explorer Mezcal is a handcrafted spirit made in Oaxaca.
Four Roses Bourbon
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Four Roses Bourbon is handcrafts distinct and 10 extraordinary bourbon recipes.
Maker’s Mark
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Maker’s Mark specializes itself in the manufacturing of a wide range of alcoholic drinks.
Woodford Reserve
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Woodford Reserve is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of handcrafted whiskeys.
Kuhl’s Liquors and Deli
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Kuhl’s Liquors and Deli is a seller of wine, beer and spirits.
Michters Whiskeys
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Michter’s is a popular distillery producing american whiskey.
Wilderness Trail Distillery
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Wilderness Trail Distillery is a distillery that produces bourbon, rye whiskey, rum and unfiltered vodka.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
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Buffalo Trace Distillery is a manufacturer of Wine and Spirit.
River City Distributing, Inc.
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River City Distributing is a consumer goods company that offers wine and spirits products.
New Riff Distilling
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New Riff Distilling is a spirit and beverage manufacturing company.
Childress Vineyards
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Childress Vineyards is a wine and spirits company providing wine tasting services.
Kentucky Eagle
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Kentucky Eagle is a beverage specialist wholesaler that delivers beers, wines, spirits, non-alcoholic beverages and also beer cheese.
Frozen De’Lites
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Frozen De’Lites is a food and drinks service provider company.
Bulleit Distilling
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Bulleit Distilling is a beverage company that produces a wide variety of whisky, wine and spirits to its customers.
Newberry Bros. Coffee
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Newberry Bros. Coffee is a unique bar and cafe that offers coffee beans sourced from organic farms along with bourbon and rye whiskeys.
The Ooh! Box
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TheOohBox. The most exclusive wine and gourmet tasting club in South Africa.For life’s little pleasures.
Jefferson’s Bourbon
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Jefferson’s Bourbon produces a premium quality of spirits and wines.
Three Keys Distillery
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Three Keys Distillery is Burlington Kentucky’s craft bourbon and spirits producer following in the J.W. Kite historic store’s footsteps since the 1880’s. We follow time-honored process, and we support preservation, sustainability, and community.
J. Pedroncelli Winery
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J. Pedroncelli Winery manfacturing wines.
Sweet Surrender Dessert & Cocktail Lounge
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Sweet Surrender Dessert & Cocktail Lounge is a start up gourmet dessert and cocktail restaurant located in Greenville, South Carolina.
Dawn Distributing
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Dawn Distributing provides refillable whole used whiskey barrels.
Fraser Mills Fermentation Supplies
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Fraser Mills Fermentation Supplies provides taproom, order, brewer’s, represent services.
