Who owns Writers' Tears?
Writers' Tears is owned by Amber Beverage Group (Luxembourg).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Amber Beverage Group Annual Report 2024. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Amber Beverage Group Holding S.à r.l. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Whisky & bourbon
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Writers' Tears
Writers' Tears is a super-premium Irish whiskey range built on a marriage of single pot still and single malt whiskey, a combination that has earned it the nickname the champagne of Irish whiskey. The brand is named for the link between nineteenth-century Ireland's position as the world's leading whiskey producer and its literary golden age of Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, Shaw and Beckett. It is made by Amber Beverage Group's Walsh Whiskey.
Ownership timeline of Writers' Tears
- Current owner Amber Beverage Group [1] reported
Where Writers' Tears sits in Amber Beverage Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Amber Beverage Group
Amber Beverage Group controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in whisky & bourbon, and who owns them
The 71 brands in whisky & bourbon on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Diageo, with 9; Amber Beverage Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan's | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black Velvet | Heaven Hill | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blood Oath | MGP | 🇺🇸 United States |
| anCnoc | ThaiBev | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Jura | Emperador | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Hibiki | Suntory | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Glenfiddich | William Grant & Sons | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Jack Daniel's | Brown-Forman | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Amber Beverage Group
Amber Beverage Group is a privately held company headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, founded in 2014. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Amber Beverage Group is a spirits company established in 2014, headquartered in Luxembourg and part of SPI Group, which also holds Stoli Group and wine and real-estate businesses. It employs more than 1,100 people across over twenty companies in the Baltic states, Austria, Australia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom, and produces at Amber Latvijas Balzams in Riga, a tequila distillery in Mexico and Walsh Whiskey in Ireland. Most of what it moves is not its own: in 2024 its own brands were 30 per cent of seven million nine-litre cases, Stoli brands 24 per cent and third-party brands the remaining 46 per cent.
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🇮🇪 Writers' Tears and other Irish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 33 brands that began in Ireland. 18 of them (55%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Writers' Tears among them.
- Baileys — Diageo 🇬🇧
- Bulmers — C&C Group 🇮🇪
- Carolans Irish Cream — Heaven Hill 🇺🇸
- Jameson — Pernod Ricard 🇫🇷
- Tullamore D.E.W. — William Grant & Sons 🇬🇧
- Aer Lingus — IAG 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Writers' Tears?
The parent company of Writers' Tears is Amber Beverage Group, a privately held company headquartered in Luxembourg.
Is Writers' Tears Irish or Luxembourgish?
Writers' Tears originated in Ireland, but it is owned today by Amber Beverage Group, which is headquartered in Luxembourg. So Writers' Tears is an Irish-origin brand under Luxembourgish ownership.
Is Writers' Tears still owned by Amber Beverage Group?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, Writers' Tears is still owned by Amber Beverage Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Amber Beverage Group Annual Report 2024 — Amber Beverage Group, Annual report; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [2] Amber Beverage Group — Writers' Tears — Amber Beverage Group, Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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