Whisky Distilleries in France
35 distilleries · 2 expressions documented · distilling here since 1817
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · Cognac · Alsace · Occitanie · Normandie · Hauts-de-France · Ile-de-France · Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
- Alfred Giraud / Distillerie de Saint-Palais Luxury French malt whisky house located between Bordeaux and Cognac. Partnership between the Giraud family (coopers and …
- Bercloux A French whisky distillery located in the Cognac region of Charente-Maritime, drawing on the area's centuries of distill…
- Bordeaux Distilling Company Craft distillery founded in 2018 on the banks of the Garonne in Bacalan, Bordeaux. Founded by Antoine Gravouil aiming to…
- Brenne A French single malt whisky produced in the heart of Cognac country, using the same copper pot stills and Limousin oak c…
- Distillerie Bertrand Founded by Joseph Bertrand in 1874, one of Alsace's oldest distilleries. Pivoted to whisky production at the start of th…
- Distillerie Bows BOWS (Brave Occitan Wild Spirit) is an artisanal distillery founded in 2016 by Benoit Garcia in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garon…
- Distillerie Busnel One of Normandy's oldest and most prestigious Calvados houses, founded in 1820 by Ernest Busnel in the Pays d'Auge. Dive…
- Distillerie Castan / Vilanova Third-generation Castan family distillery in the Tarn, with roots going back to Gilbert Castan in 1941. Sebastien and Ce…
- Distillerie Claeyssens de Wambrechies One of France's oldest active distilleries, founded in 1817 near Lille. Classified as a historic monument since 1999. On…
- Distillerie de Fontagard Family distillery in the heart of Petite Champagne, Cognac country, established in 1878 by Jean Granchere. Now in its si…
- Distillerie de Paris Paris's first distillery in over a century, founded by brothers Nicolas and Sebastien Julhes in the 10th arrondissement.…
- Distillerie du Vercors Organic single malt distillery established in a restored 1673 magnanerie (silkworm farm) at the foot of the Vercors mass…
- Distillerie Ergaster Artisanal organic whisky distillery founded by Herve Grangeon, an engineer-turned-master distiller who earned the title …
- Distillerie G. Miclo / Welche's Founded by Gilbert Miclo in 1962 in the Pays Welche at the foot of the Vosges mountains. Launched Welche's Whisky in 201…
- Distillerie Guillon One of France's earliest whisky producers, founded in 1997 by oenologist Thierry Guillon in the heart of Champagne's Mon…
- Distillerie Hepp Three-generation family of traveling distillers who settled in Uberach in the Val de Moder region of Alsace. In 2007, Th…
- Distillerie La Salamandre Family-run craft distillery in the heart of Perigord Noir, founded in 1971 by Raymond Gatinel, who was a pioneer of mobi…
- Distillerie Lehmann The oldest distillery in Alsace, founded in 1850 near Bischoffsheim before Yves Lehmann relocated to Obernai in 1993. La…
- Distillerie Meyer Founded in 1958 by Fridolin Meyer as a fruit brandy (eaux-de-vie) producer in the Alsatian village of Hohwarth. Launched…
- Distillerie Moutard Champagne and Burgundy wine producer turned whisky distiller, located at 6 rue des Ponts in Buxeuil, Aube. The Moutard f…
- Distillerie Tessendier / Arlett Historic Cognac house founded in 1880 by Gaston Tessendier in the Borderies cru. Run by brothers Jerome (master blender)…
- Distillerie Twelve Founded in 2014 by twelve friends united around a vision to produce exceptional whisky in Laguiole at 1,000m altitude on…
- Domaine des Hautes Glaces A pioneering organic farm-distillery in the French Alps at 880 meters elevation, founded by Frederic Revol. Practices a …
- Domaine Mavela / P&M Corsica's only whisky producer, born from a partnership between Domaine Mavela and Brasserie Pietra (hence 'P&M'). The w…
- Eddu The world's only buckwheat whisky distillery, located in Brittany's Finistere department. Eddu (Breton for 'buckwheat') …
- Glann ar Mor / Kornog Brittany's pioneering Celtic single malt distillery, founded in 1997 by Jean Donnay with first spirit flowing in Decembe…
- La Spiriterie Francaise / Chateau du Breuil Historic 16th-17th century listed chateau estate in the heart of the Pays d'Auge, Normandy's most prestigious Calvados a…
- Maison Boinaud / Heriose Major Cognac house in the heart of Grande Champagne (premier cru of Cognac), with family tradition dating to the 17th ce…
- Maison Daucourt (Bastille 1789) French whisky house founded in 1996 in the heart of the Cognac vineyards (Spirits Valley) by the Daucourt family, who ar…
- Moon Harbour Bordeaux's first whisky distillery, created in 2017 inside a former WWII submarine base bunker in the Bassins a flot qua…
- Naguelann Founded in 2014 near Saint-Malo by Lenaick Lemaitre, who became Brittany's first whisky blender before expanding into di…
- Ninkasi Lyon-area brewery-distillery that began as a craft brewery in 1997 and added whisky production in 2015 with Charentais p…
- Ouche Nanon Organic micro-brewery-distillery in the heart of the Berry region, founded in 2010 by Thomas Mousseau, a former governme…
- Rozelieures Farm distillery in Lorraine, eastern France, growing its own barley and malting on site -- a true grain-to-glass operati…
- Warenghem/Armorik Brittany's oldest distillery and France's first whisky producer, making single malt since 1987 under the Armorik brand. …