Stillgarden Distillery, the Dublin 8-based independent producer of Italian amari liqueurs, has ceased trading and entered voluntary liquidation.
The company “has not succeeded” in a “lengthy search” conducted this year to raise new investment to sustain the business, it announced on Thursday morning. It had sought an experienced international managing director to lead the company, which sells its products in Ireland and Britain, to “the next stage of growth”.
“Despite months of work and conversations with a range of potential investors, no deal was secured, and the company could not afford to keep going on its own,” the distillery said in a statement announcing its closure.
Based on Tyrconnell Road in Inchicore, Dublin 8,…