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The name Bourbon comes from France. During the Revolutionary War, the American patriots received help from the French. The ruling family on the throne of
France at that time was the Bourbon family. To honor the French for helping us win the war, the area between Lexington and Maysville, Kentucky, was named Bourbon County. At that time, Maysville, located on the Ohio River, was a major
shipping port and was called Limestone. In the 1800s the prized corn-based beverage, shipped out of Limestone, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, then around the world, came to be known as "whiskey from Bourbon County."
Eventually, its name was shortened to Bourbon. To further recognize the French influence on the area, the county seat of Bourbon County is Paris, and not far
from Lexington is the city of Versailles (pronounced "Ver-sales") in Woodford County – the home of Labrot & Graham and our Bourbon, Woodford Reserve.
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