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Building Tomorrows Iconic Brands

Neil Grosscup
Co-Founder & Chief
Executive Officer
Neil Grosscup has a 20-year career in hospitality, starting as a stock clerk at Washington, DC retailer Schneiders of Capitol Hill. He joined Tanteo Spirits as an intern in January 2010 and quickly rose in the ranks. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer at Tanteo Spirits from 2014 to 2023. After a merger with Ole Smoky Distillery, he remained on as the President of Tanteo to oversee the transition.


Jacob
Gordon
Co-Founder & Chief
Commercial Officer
Jacob Gordon has a 25-year career in hospitality, starting at the acclaimed Monkey Bar in New York City. He sold the first bottle of Tanteo tequila in 2008 and grew with the company, serving as Chief Sales Officer at Tanteo Spirits from 2014 to 2023. After a merger with Ole Smoky Distillery, he remained on as VP of Brand Development.
Our Mission
We strive to create exceptional social tonics that bring people together. Being a catalyst to creating extraordinary experiences, we can empower humanity to live life to the fullest and be the best version of themselves. We believe that these shared experiences are central to living a meaningful life and we will work diligently to create these experiences time and time again.
We achieve this mission through three central tenets : thoughtful design, delicious beverages, and exceptional service. We believe thoughtful design carefully balances form and function, authentically represent the past and future of the brand categories, and is sustainable in all forms. Delicious beverages showcase the quality of every component of the final product, are balanced, and are expertly crafted time and time again. Exceptional service is welcoming, attentive without being overbearing, and always strives to delight.
Our business edge comes from three central tenets as well: Owning the guest experience through our core competencies, embracing technology, and long term thinking. We strive to build internal structures that improve our ability to create great design, delicious beverages, and exceptional service. Internalizing our core competencies help us develop operational leverage in what we do best. We embrace technology as a tool to enhance efficiency and are diligent to improve systems though technology without ever sacrificing the customer experience. We execute with long term thinking in all we do, never chase fads, and set the course for where we want to be in future generations.
Our mission is lived everyday and celebrated with daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and decadal milestones. Though consistent and diligent measured progress, we will achieve our goal and be a leader in the world of social tonics.