Murray McDavid

History

Murray McDavid was founded in 1996 by Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright. The company was named after Reynier's grandparents, Harriet Murray and Jock McDavid. The new bottler quickly became well known, not least due to its unconventional style. His Gaelic company logo "Clachan a Choin" loosely translates as "dog's balls". 

At the end of 2000, Murray McDavid became involved in the acquisition and relaunch of the Bruichladdich distillery. The distillery and the bottler worked shoulder to shoulder for the next few years. Jim McEwan, the Master Distiller at Bruichladdich, also participated in the independent bottler's series. In 2012, Bruichladdich was sold to the French spirits group Remy Cointreau.

This was followed in 2013 by the sale of the independent bottler Murray McDavid to Aceo Ltd. Aceo had previously worked as a supplier to the whisky industry. It also provided services such as bottling, bottle labelling and barrel storage for the distilleries. 

Since the sale, Murray McDavid has been very quiet. No new bottlings have been released under the company's own name.