Australia’s No.1 Luxury Single Malt Lark joins the Spirits Platform portfolio

Australia’s No.1 Luxury Single Malt Whisky, LARK, has signed a distribution partnership with Spirits Platform, supporting the growth ambition of the ASX-listed spirits company, to be a global icon in new world whisky.

Founded by pioneers Bill and Lyn Lark in 1992, LARK Distilling Co. has been crafting world-class, award-winning Tasmanian Whisky for more than 30 years. From humble beginnings on a kitchen table, curiosity and courage bore Tasmania’s very first whisky distillery in 154 years, and since has established its role in the new world whisky category, as Australia’s No.1 Luxury Single Malt. Handcrafted from pure grain to glass and made of the unique island climate of Tasmania, LARK’s portfolio of Single Malt Whisky continues to be recognised for quality and innovation on a global stage.

LARK Distilling Co. CEO, Satya Sharma, comments,

“We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Spirits Platform as our domestic Distribution Partner. Spirits Platform are Australia’s leading Independent Spirits Distributor, with an impressive and diversified portfolio covering a wide range of spirits and liqueurs. Importantly, they are the market leader in Ultra-Premium and above Single Malt Whisky in Australia and have a strong track record of building brands for long-term success in the Australian market.”

Spirits Platform CEO, Ian Atherton, added,

“We are delighted that Lark has chosen Spirits Platform as their domestic Distributor Partner. It has been our long-term vision at SP to represent an iconic Australian brand with significant growth potential and a compelling reason for being. Lark and Forty Spotted complement our existing portfolio of premium international brands.”

About LARK Distilling Co

Founded by pioneers Bill and Lyn Lark in 1992, LARK Distilling Co. has been crafting world-class, award-winning Tasmanian whisky for more than 30 years. LARK, Australia’s No.1 Luxury Single Malt Whisky brand houses a range of spirits headlined by its Single Malt Signature Collection; Classic Cask 43% ABV, Chinotto Citrus Cask 44% ABV, and Tasmanian Peated 46% ABV, with coveted pinnacle expressions released through The Rare & Remarkable Collection. Symphony No.1 40.2% ABV is a unique blended-malt whisky, while the distillery also handcrafts a range of award winning Forty Spotted Gins, with native Tasmanian pepperberry, citrus and juniper, a refreshing take on gin, from the bottom of the world.

LARK is locally and internationally recognised for its quality, innovation, and people; awarded numerous prestigious accolades over the past three decades. Most recently at the World Whiskies Awards held in London in March 2024, LARK was crowned Australia’s Best Single Malt for its Fresh IPA Cask, as well Australia’s Best Blended Malt with Symphony No.1, for the third consecutive year. At the Australian Whisky Awards in March 2023, LARK was proudly awarded “Distillery of the Year”, DARK LARK was crowned “Single Malt of the Year”, Bill Lark was named “Personality of the Year”, and

Master Distiller Chris Thomson was named “Distiller of the Year”. LARK also received the acclaimed Master Medal, in the 2023 World Whisky Masters for its innovative Chinotto II Cask Strength Single Malt, alongside a further seven gold medals across the portfolio.

Welcome to the New World of Whisky.