Supports role-graph provenance and guards against reading a label name as a complete ownership or production statement.
The source distinguishes colloquial distillery names, legal entities, trade names, brand rights, and physical ownership.
The label’s Blanton Distilling Company is a registered trade name of Age International. The whiskey is produced at Buffalo Trace Distillery, whose Sazerac ownership is distinct from Age International and Takara’s ownership of the Blanton’s trademarks and rights.
PDF sheet 145; displayed eBook p. 132
PDF sheet 143; displayed eBook p. 129
Chapter 5 — A Distillery by Any Other Name
Textually verified against the complete extraction and visually verified against rendered PDF sheets 143–145 on 2026-08-27.
Evidence
The label’s Blanton Distilling Company is a registered trade name of Age International. The whiskey is produced at Buffalo Trace Distillery, whose Sazerac ownership is distinct from Age International and Takara’s ownership of the Blanton’s trademarks and rights.
Locator
PDF sheets: 143–145
Displayed eBook pages: 129–132
Section: Chapter 5 — A Distillery by Any Other Name
Context
The source distinguishes colloquial distillery names, legal entities, trade names, brand rights, and physical ownership.
Research use
Supports role-graph provenance and guards against reading a label name as a complete ownership or production statement.
Verification
Text and page geometry were verified against the complete extraction and rendered PDF sheets on 2026-08-27.