William Larue Weller, now operator of W. L. Weller & Sons hired Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle as a salesman for the company. Van Winkle would go on to purchase the company in 1908 and merge it with another distillery he owned, changing the name to Stitzel-Weller...
Maker of Old Rip Van Winkle, Julian P. Van Winkle Jr. passes away at the age of 66 in Kentucky. The ownership and operations of J.P. Van Winkle and Son company would fall to Julian P. Van Winkle III.
The son of Pappy, Julian P. Van Winkle Jr. was born in 1914 in Louisville, KY. He would run the Stitzel-Weller Distillery founded by his father from 1964 until the family sold it in 1972. In 1977 he founded J.P. Van Winkle and Son, a bottling and commemorative...
Founder of the Stitzle-Weller Distillery and creator of the Van Winkle brand of products, Julian P. “Pappy” Van Winkle Sr. passes away at the age of 91 in Louisville, KY.
