Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits

Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits is a French wine and spirits producer and distributor whose portfolio combines the Marie Brizard liqueur name with a range of established wine and distilled-spirit brands. The company was founded in 1991 and is listed on Euronext Paris under the ticker MBWS. It has also been included in the CAC Small 90 index. The company’s commercial activity is concentrated principally in France, Poland, and the United States. Its business model covers both production and distribution, allowing it to market products across several alcoholic-beverage categories rather than relying on a single flagship spirit. The portfolio described in reference material includes vodka, whisky, liqueurs, cognac, tequila, table and regional wines, and flavored wine-based drinks. The Marie Brizard name is associated particularly with liqueurs. Its best-known product is Anisette, whose recipe is historically traced to 1755, well before the creation of the modern company. This distinction is important: the heritage of the Marie Brizard liqueur brand predates the corporate entity established in 1991. The historical recipe gives the brand a traditional French identity, while the wider company operates as a multi-brand beverage group. The vodka portfolio includes Sobieski and Krupnik. William Peel represents the whisky offering, while Gautier is the company’s cognac brand and San Jose its tequila brand. In wine, the portfolio includes Moncigale and Marques del Puerto, as well as Fruits & Wine, a flavored-wine brand. Together, these labels position the company across both mainstream and specialty segments of the international alcoholic-beverage market. The company’s shareholder structure has included Cofepp as its largest disclosed shareholder in the March 2018 reference period, followed by Diana Holding, Schroder Investment Management, and DF Holding. The disclosed figures indicate a substantial free-float or other-shareholder component, although ownership can change over time and the cited structure should not be treated as current without an updated filing. Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits is therefore best understood as a listed French beverage group and brand portfolio rather than solely as a single liqueur label. Its identity rests on the combination of Marie Brizard’s long-standing anisette and liqueur heritage, a geographically distributed operating footprint, and a diversified collection of wine and spirits brands.

Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits was established in 1991 as a French wine and spirits company. Although the corporate group dates from that year, the Marie Brizard brand draws on a much older product tradition. The recipe for Anisette, the liqueur most closely associated with the name, is traced to 1755. This gives the brand a historical foundation that predates the modern company by more than two centuries. The company developed as a producer and distributor with a broad alcoholic-beverage portfolio. Rather than concentrating exclusively on liqueurs, it operated across vodka, whisky, cognac, tequila, wine, and flavored wine. This portfolio structure enabled the group to address different consumption occasions and market segments while distributing products through several national and international channels. Its reported operating focus has been France, Poland, and the United States. The geographic mix reflects the company’s French origins and its broader international distribution activities. Poland is particularly relevant to the portfolio because the company markets the Sobieski and Krupnik vodka brands, while the United States is among the other principal markets identified in reference material. The portfolio includes Marie Brizard liqueurs, Sobieski and Krupnik vodkas, William Peel whisky, Gautier cognac, San Jose tequila, and wine labels such as Moncigale, Marques del Puerto, and Fruits & Wine. These brands give Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits exposure to both spirits and wine categories and combine heritage labels with products aimed at broader commercial distribution. Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits is publicly traded on Euronext Paris under the symbol MBWS and has been included in the CAC Small 90 index. A shareholder disclosure dated March 22, 2018 identified Cofepp as the largest shareholder with 29.47%, followed by Diana Holding with 13.90%, Schroder Investment Management with 4.98%, and DF Holding with 4.94%; other shareholders accounted for 46.71%. Those figures describe the cited historical snapshot rather than necessarily representing the company’s present ownership. The company’s history is consequently characterized by the integration of an old French liqueur heritage into a modern listed beverage group. Its corporate identity is broader than the Marie Brizard liqueur brand alone: it encompasses the production, ownership, and distribution of a collection of wine and spirits labels across multiple countries and categories.

• 2018

  Shareholder structure disclosed

  [1]Marie Brizard Wine & Spiritsen.wikipedia.org

  A March 22, 2018 ownership snapshot identified Cofepp as the largest disclosed shareholder, followed by Diana Holding, Schroder Investment Management, and DF Holding.

• 1991

  Modern company founded

  [1]Marie Brizard Wine & Spiritsen.wikipedia.org

  Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits was founded as a French wine and spirits producer and distributor.

• 1755

  Anisette recipe established

  [1]Marie Brizard Wine & Spiritsen.wikipedia.org

  The recipe associated with Marie Brizard’s best-known liqueur, Anisette, is historically dated to 1755.

A French listed wine and spirits group with a diversified, multi-category portfolio that combines historic liqueur heritage with international beverage brands.

• Liqueurs

  Marie Brizard

  The company’s signature liqueur range, built around a French heritage that includes Anisette. The range represents the historical core of the Marie Brizard name and extends beyond a single anise-flavored product into a broader liqueur portfolio.

• Vodka

  Sobieski

  A vodka brand included in Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits’ international portfolio. It is associated with the company’s Polish market activities and contributes to the group’s presence in the vodka category.

• Vodka

  Krupnik

  A vodka brand marketed within the company’s portfolio, particularly relevant to its Polish operations. It broadens the group’s distilled-spirit offering alongside Sobieski.

• Whisky

  William Peel

  The group’s whisky brand, giving Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits a presence in a major international spirits category outside its traditional liqueur and vodka activities.

• Cognac

  Gautier

  A cognac brand in the company’s portfolio. Gautier adds a French premium-spirit category to the group’s collection of internationally marketed wine and spirits labels.

• Tequila

  San Jose

  The company’s tequila brand, extending the portfolio into agave-based spirits and complementing its vodka, whisky, cognac, and liqueur offerings.

• Wine

  Moncigale

  A wine label owned or marketed within the company’s wine portfolio. It sits alongside Marques del Puerto and Fruits & Wine in the group’s wine activities.

• Wine

  Marques del Puerto

  A wine brand included among Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits’ wine holdings and marketed as part of its broader multi-country beverage portfolio.

• Flavored wine

  Fruits & Wine

  A flavored-wine brand that provides the company with a product positioned between traditional wine and flavored alcoholic beverages.

1. 1Marie Brizard Wine & Spiritsen.wikipedia.org