For 20 years William Grant nurtured a dream to make the ‘best dram in the valley’. With the help of his family, he finally achieved that vision. In the summer of 1886, with his seven sons and two daughters by his side, William set out to fulfil a lifelong ambition. Together they began building his Distillery by hand, stone by stone. After a single year of work it was ready and William named it Glenfiddich, Gaelic for Valley of the Deer. Glenfiddich is the only Highland Single Malt that is distilled, matured and bottled at its own distillery. It is the biggest selling malt whisky in the world and is credited for leading the malt revival. In 1971, the Grant family were the first to market single malts through advertising and created a new and still growing market for malt whisky.