Seagram
Famous liquor company
Seagram was a Canadian multinational corporation that became the world's largest distiller of alcoholic beverages.
The company produced brands including Crown Royal, Seagram's 7, and Seagram's gin.
Founded in the 1920s by the Bronfman family, it diversified into entertainment before being broken up and sold in 2000.
The Seagram name survives on various spirits products now owned by different companies.
Corporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- UniversalHollywood entertainment company
- DuPontHistoric American chemical company
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
merger · empire · dynasty · headquarters · Montreal · subsidiary · diversification · media
Mixed into uniformity
- ryeHardy cereal crop
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- agedAdvanced in years
cask · grain · malt · proof · neat · highball · mixing · cocktail
Off-screen vocal recording
- CalvertMaryland's founding family name
- GlenlivetScottish whisky brand
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- logoCompany identifying symbol
Martell · label · advertising · slogan · legacy · heritage · portfolio
Crushing, decisive defeat
- LawrenceburgSmall Midwestern river town
- GimliManitoba town, Lake Winnipeg
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- agingGrowing older over time
barrels · blending · bottling · warehouses · mash · fermentation · production · capacity
Illegal alcohol production/sale
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
underground · illicit · border · contraband · stockpile · loophole · medicinal · repeal
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- UniversalHollywood entertainment company
- DuPontHistoric American chemical company
acquisition · merger · empire · dynasty · headquarters · Montreal · subsidiary · diversification · media · entertainment
blended
Mixed into uniformity
aged · cask · grain · malt · proof · neat · highball · mixing · cocktail · affordable
VO
Off-screen vocal recording
- CalvertMaryland's founding family name
- GlenlivetScottish whisky brand
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
Martell · logo · label · advertising · slogan · legacy · heritage · portfolio
Waterloo
Crushing, decisive defeat
- LawrenceburgSmall Midwestern river town
- GimliManitoba town, Lake Winnipeg
- distillationPurification via vaporization
aging · barrels · blending · bottling · warehouses · mash · fermentation · production · capacity · facilities
bootlegging
Illegal alcohol production/sale
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
temperance · underground · illicit · border · contraband · stockpile · loophole · medicinal · repeal · fortune
Seagramtemperance movement
Campaign against alcohol consumption
WCTU · Prohibition · teetotalism · dry counties · abstinence