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Celebrities who have their own liquor brands

Por: Noticel

Publicado: Aug 18, 2018 12:00 AM

Actualizado: Dec 26, 2024 09:39 AM

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Ryan Reynolds is joining a collection of actors, musicians and filmmakers who have ventured into the alcohol industry.

Bob Dylan launched his Heaven's Door small-batch whiskey line in May 2018. The music legend partnered with liquor entrepreneur and lifelong Dylan fan Marc Bushala to produce the collection, which includes a straight rye, a straight bourbon and a "double-barreled" whiskey.

Named after country music legend Willie Nelson's 1978 hit song "Whiskey River" and produced with his help, Old Whiskey River Bourbon hit the market in the mid-2000s.

Drew Barrymore launched her Barrymore Wines collection in April 2012.

Marilyn Manson released an absinthe beverage called Mansinthe in 2007. The "naturally green" beverage is made in Switzerland.

After working with the Tequilera Newton distillery in Jalisco, Mexico, to create a tequila in 2009, Justin Timberlake partnered with Sauza Liquors five years later to create Sauza 901 -- named after the Memphis, Tennessee, area code where the singer/actor is from.

Rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z bought the luxury champagne brand Armand de Brignac in 2014.

Tool lead singer Maynard James Keenan owns Merkin Vineyards and the associated winery, Caduceus Cellars, and also partly owns Stronghold Vineyards, all of which are located in Arizona, where he lives.

Pharrell Williams launched his own line of flavored cream liqueurs called Qream in 2011, but later sued his partner Diageo after the beverage giant ditched the brand, blaming lackluster sales.

In 2012, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson joined Voli Light Vodkas as a new partner and owner, working to create a low-calorie vodka that comes in six flavors: Original Lyte, lemon, orange vanilla, pear vanilla, raspberry cocoa and espresso vanilla.

Fergie made her investment in Voli after being sold on the company by rapper Pitbull, who himself is a part-owner of the low-calorie vodka company.

In 2007, Danny DeVito launched his own brand of limoncello uniquely called Danny DeVito's Limoncello.

Sammy Hagar started selling Cabo Wabo tequilla at his string of nightclubs and restaurants in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The tequila was so popular Gruppo Campari purchased 80 percent of Hagar's share of the company for $80 million in 2007.

Country singer Kenny Chesney launched a Caribbean rum company Blue Chair Bay in 2013. His rum comes in various flavors, including coconut, banana and vanilla.

In 2012, Cee Lo Green became an owner and spokesman for TY Ku, a company that specializes in sake and other spirits.