The Wemyss family have a history with the Whisky industry dating back to the beginning of the 19th century when John Haig took a lease of Wemyss land to build his first distillery. Wemyss estate land to this day is still used to grow some of the finest barley for the industry and the current Cameron bridge distillery is not far from the clan’s seat, Wemyss Castle. Despite the historic connection, it was not until 2005 that William Wemyss decided to found an independent bottler and start blending and bottling specially selected releases, this lead to the purchasing of the Kings Barnes Distillery project and so Wemyss distillation began.