Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle

French distiller

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Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle (born Marnier; 4 March 1857 – 29 January 1930) was a French businessman who developed Grand Marnier, an orange-flavored cognac liqueur, in 1880. He learned how to distill from his father, a wine-and-spirit merchant.