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Cottage Springs Beverage Co.

European-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Toronto ready-to-drink brand of vodka sodas, vodka waters, lemonades, iced teas and tequila sodas, launched in 2018 and sold through liquor boards and grocers in every province.

Toronto, ON CA · www.cottagesprings.ca

Found at Loblaws Sobeys Metro Costco
85.7

Cottage Springs is the flagship ready-to-drink brand of Ace Beverage Group Inc. of Toronto, launched in 2018 and now sold through every provincial liquor board and Ontario grocers. Since 2023 Ace has been controlled by Corby Spirit and Wine Limited, a TSX-listed Toronto company that Pernod Ricard of France controls with a majority of the voting shares, so a large share of the profit leaves Canada for the EU. The drinks are registered as made in Ontario, and the merch-only online store means the product itself is bought through retailers.

Factors

Ownership

72.5 reported

CA 45% · EU 55%

The site's terms name Ace Beverage Group Inc., a federal corporation with its registered office at 140 Geary Avenue, Toronto, which Corporations Canada records as exempt from the significant-control register because it is a subsidiary of a reporting issuer. Corby Spirit and Wine Limited says it holds 95 percent of Ace Beverage Holdco Inc. after exercising a call option in October 2025, with the remaining 5 percent held by the other shareholders under the 2023 agreement, and Wikipedia reports Pernod Ricard owning about 46 percent of Corby's equity and 51 percent of its votes with the rest trading on the TSX. The split is my estimate weighting the French controlling shareholder over the Canadian float and founders; Corby's own filings on SEDAR+ could not be reached to confirm the current stake.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Ontario Made lists the vodka sodas and vodka waters as made in Ontario by Iconic Brewing Co., the Bathurst Street, Toronto entity behind Ace Beverage Group's brands, and the vendor says its malt-based versions are sold only in Quebec and at the Beer Store. The vendor's own site does not name a production facility or co-packer, so the Ontario claim rests on the directory registration.

People

100.0 verified

CA 100%

The registered office and four of five directors are at 140 Geary Avenue or elsewhere in Toronto, matching the address on the vendor's site, and the careers portal is a Canadian job board for Ace Beverage Group. The parent Corby is also headquartered in Toronto; one director lists an address in France.

Inputs

68.5 inferred

CA 70% · other 15% · US 15%

The vendor does not say where its vodka, tequila, gin, tea, flavourings or cans come from. The estimate assumes Canadian-distilled neutral spirit and Ontario production inputs for the vodka lines, Mexican tequila for the tequila sodas, and aluminum cans and flavour concentrates that are partly North American imports.

  • About Us vendor_statement “We launched in 2018 with our iconic Vodka Sodas.”
  • Contact vendor_statement “All malt-based products, which are exclusively available in Quebec and the Ontario Beer Store.”

Where to buy

Grocers

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