According to the Glenmorangie Company, the earliest record of the production of alcohol at Morangie Farm is dated 1703. Glenmorangie, like all distilleries and breweries in Britain, suffered terribly between 1920 and 1950, with Prohibition and then the Great Depression in the United States reducing whisky sales. The distillery was effectively mothballed between 1931 and 1936.
Since then, Glenmorangie has found its feet and grown to become the best selling single malt in Scotland almost continuously since 1983. The distillery produces around 10 million bottles per annum, of which 6 to 6.5 million are sold in the UK. Globally, Glenmorangie has a 6% share of the single malt market.