Grey Goose is a Bermudian owned brand of vodka produced in France.

It is distilled in Cognac, France from French wheat and exported to the United States by the Sidney Frank Importing Company in New Rochelle, New York.

In 2004, Sidney Frank sold the manufacturing rights to Bacardi for $2.2 billion.

Grey Goose was tailor-made for the American market in 1997 as the brainchild of Sidney Frank, a self-made billionaire.

He took the idea from the notion of French manufacturing having an inherent link with high perceived quality, quickly dispatching a team to Europe. As a result, Grey Goose was created.

Grey Goose uses French winter wheat from an area south of Paris, distilled in a column still, and alpine spring water that has been filtered through the limestone plateau of the Massif Central. The distillation takes place in the commune of Cognac in France.

Grey Goose was sold in the largest ever single brand sale for $2 billion, in cash, to Bacardi.^[1] This sale made Frank an estimated profit of $1.6 billion. Incidentally, Frank was also behind the success of Jägermeister before launching Grey Goose. Before his death on January 10, 2006 at the age of 86, his final projects included a premium tequila named Corazon and Crunk! energy drink, a joint venture with hip hop entrepreneur Lil’ Jon.

Grey Goose vodka is bottled with a replaceable cork rather than a screw-top cap.

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