Isle of Raasay Distillery, the Hebridean single malt Scotch whisky brand, has announced the appointment of GHF as its distribution and brand development partner across the UK on-trade and off-trade, including independent retail and premium grocers. The appointment will also include Feragaia 0.0%, the Scottish non alcoholic spirit acquired by R&B Distillers in November 2025 as part of its Scotland’s New Wave Spirits portfolio.
Under the agreement, GHF will partner with R&B on sales, distribution and trade marketing for Raasay and Feragaia across the UK, delivering against objectives spanning distribution, account management and in-venue product promotion.
The appointment marks the next phase of growth for Raasay and Feragaia as both brands look to double the revenue of their UK business in the near term, with a focus on building presence beyond Scotland, where they already hold a strong following among spirits drinkers, by securing prestigious positioning in iconic outlets across London & The South.
William Dobbie, Managing Director of R&B Distillers, brand owner of Isle of Raasay Distillery and Feragaia, said: “As we look to increase our distribution and brand awareness beyond Scotland, where we have built a solid foundation, GHF’s relationships across the most influential venues and retailers in the UK make them the right partner for this next chapter. Their track record of building premium drinks brands with credibility speaks for itself. We look forward to getting started with them as our focused partner on the trade channel.”
Tristram Coates, Founder & CEO, GHF, added:
“Raasay is one of the most compelling stories in Scotch whisky, a true island single malt with genuine provenance and a quality of liquid that stands up in any company. Feragaia is equally distinctive, offering a genuinely grown-up, uncompromising approach to the non alcoholic category.
Our role is to bring focus and executional intensity to the growth of both brands in the UK, placing them in the right venues and retailers at the right time. London’s most iconic outlets are where reputations are made, and that is exactly where this portfolio belongs.”
About GHF:
GHF is a Brand Development Agency offering an integrated sales and marketing service for a premium portfolio of pioneering drinks brands in the UK market. Through a suite of strategic, go-to-market, and executional services, the agency methodically builds culturally relevant, credible and available brands by placing them in the right place, at the right time.
About R&B Distillers:
Founded by co-founders Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day in 2014, R&B Distillers was created with a shared ambition to build Scotland’s leading new-wave spirits business. Drawn to the Isle of Raasay for its dramatic landscape, rich heritage and distinctive sense of place, the pair secured planning permission in 2015 to transform the island’s historic Borodale House into a state-of-the-art distillery, visitor centre and luxury accommodation. Every drop of spirit is distilled, matured, bottled and marketed directly from the island – maximising the influence of Raasay on the spirit, and the distillery’s impact on the local community. Today, the distillery employs more than 30 people, with an average age of 30, helping support long-term, intergenerational sustainability on an island community of just 161 residents.
In 2025, R&B Distillers continued to expand its footprint following the acquisition of Feragaia, Scotland’s 0.0% Spirit, further cementing its position as a pioneer in the drinks industry.
R&B Distillers is the spirits & drinks business of Chanrossa, the Scottish luxury goods group, whose approach is to build brands that address the emerging demographic of curious consumers looking to engage with products that embody values of integrity and uncompromised quality. It owns brands founded on the simple, but uncommon, principles of true provenance, authenticity and supreme quality.
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About Feragaia:
Feragaia, translating to ‘Wild Earth’ from Latin and Greek, is Scotland’s 0.0% ABV spirit, crafted to reconnect drinkers to nature and deliver a grounding, confident calm. Founded in 2019 by drinks industry veterans Jamie Wild (ex-Pernod Ricard) and Bill Garnock (ex-Edrington Americas), the brand made history in September 2022 by opening Scotland’s first-ever alcohol-free distillery in Fife.
Deeply committed to sustainability and intentional craftsmanship, Feragaia achieved B Corp accreditation in March 2022. The spirit is distilled from 12 carefully selected botanicals, five of which are grown locally in Feragaia’s very own botanical nursery, and steam-distilled using a unique combination of age-old techniques and pioneering innovation.
For more information, visit Feragaia.com