History

A Frenchman and small-town manufacturer, Georges Monin loved to entertain. He reveled in family gatherings where he could experiment with flavor combinations, prepare savory meals, and spend time with those closest to him. At one family dinner, his brother-in-law asked for an after-dinner drink. As Georges poured the cordial into glasses, he noticed the aroma was muted and the color dull. He gave it a quick taste, and immediately decided that after serving a meal filled with such delectable flavors and captivating aromas, the cordial was an unfitting way to end the evening. He scoured his bar, only to realize that each cordial had a similar lackluster flavor to the first.

Not long after, Georges realized that impactful flavor was missing from many of the beverages that he drank. He determined that he could use his manufacturing and culinary knowledge to extract flavor from vibrant, fresh fruits to create a liquid flavoring that could be used in anything from cordials to coffees to water.

Georges scoured the cities of France for raw ingredients and experimented with flavors in his home kitchen. After years of trial and error, he finally created a flavored cordial that met his demanding standards. From there he continued to experiment and developed a spectrum of exciting flavors and syrups, bottling and selling them across the country. Three generations of Monin later, the world is a more flavorful place, with a vast collection of the world’s finest flavors available in more than 140 countries.

Monin was founded in 1912 by Georges Monin in Bourges, France. Today, the third generation of the Monin family continues the tradition of crafting extraordinary flavors.