French bitter orange liqueur; see under Marnier-Lapostolle.
Jean-Baptiste Lapostolle founded a small distillery in Neauphle-Le-Château near Paris in 1827, where fruit liqueurs were produced. Under his son Eugène, the company became very successful and began to produce cognac. In 1876, his granddaughter married the son of a wine-growing family from the Sancerre region named Louis-Alexandre Marnier, giving rise to the double family name Marnier-Lapostolle. Louis Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle created a new liqueur in 1880 from cognac and an essence of Caribbean bitter oranges (bigaradia), which was first called "Curaçao Marnier". His friend César Ritz (owner of the Ritz Hotels) suggested the new name "Grand Marnier". After a short time, the drink became a popular fashionable drink and was served at...
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