Pernod-Ricard Whiskey Founders
Includes large craft brands Jeffersons, Rabbit Hole, Smooth Amber, and TX Whiskey
(NOTE: FOUNDERS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
1
John Little
Smooth Ambler
THIS FOUNDERS HISTORY WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON
2
Ale Ochoa
TX Whiskey
THIS FOUNDERS HISTORY WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON
3
Kaveh Zamanian
Rabbit Hole
Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame inductee (2022) Kaveh Zamanian’s route to founding one of America’s fastest-growing whiskey brands is uncommon. Born in Iran in 1964, Zamanian emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 14. His family settled near San Francisco, where the youngster finished his formative high school years and began college
4
Chet Zoeller
Jefferson’s
Charles “Chet” Franklin Zoeller was born February 24, 1941, in Louisville, Kentucky. Chet lived within the shadows of Churchill Downs and just a few short blocks from the premier distilleries of the day: Yellowstone, Seagram’s, Hill & Hill, and Stitzel-Weller, all within distance of inhaling vanilla, caramel, and smoke aromas.
5
Trey Zoeller
Jefferson’s
Trey “Mad Scientist” Zoeller and his father Charles ‘Chet’ Zoeller founded Jefferson’s Bourbon in 1997. Their family whiskey tradition can be traced to Zoeller’s 8th generation grandmother Marian McLain who was arrested in 1799 for the ‘production and sales of spirituous liquors.’
