About Tomatin Whisky Distillery
Distillery Owner
Tomatin Distillery Co
Distillery Founded
1897
Distillery Status
Active
Distillery Capacity
5 000 000 litres
Distillery Address
Tomatin, Inverness-shire IV13 7YT
Distillery Number
01808 511444
Distillery Website
www.tomatin.com
1897
The Inverness businessmen behind Tomatin Spey Distillery Company found Tomatin.
1906
Production ceases.
1909
Production resumes through Tomatin Distillers Co. Ltd.
1956
Stills are increased from two to four.
1958
Another two stills are added.
1961
The six stills are increased to ten.
1964
One more still is installed.
1974
The stills now total 23 and the maltings closes.
1985
The distillery company goes into liquidation.
1986
Two long-time customers, Takara Shuzo Co. and Okara & Co., buy Tomatin through Tomatin Distillery Co. Tomatin thus becomes the first distillery to be acquired by Japanese interests.
1997
Tomatin Distillery Co buys J. W. Hardie and the brand Antiquary.
1998
Okara & Co, owners of 20% of Tomatin Distillery, is forced to sell its share to Takara Shuzo Co. which now is part of the Marubeni group.
2004
Tomatin 12 years is launched.
2005
A 25 year old and a 1973 Vintage are released.
2006
An 18 year old and a 1962 Vintage are launched.
2008
A 30 and a 40 year old as well as several vintages from 1975 and 1995 are released.
Reproduced from the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2009 with the kind permission of Mr Ingvar Ronde