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The company paid £128m for the Kuemmerling group, which also gives its name to an after-dinner liqueur. It is the second acquisition by Allied Domecq in the space of a week -- last week, it bought New Zealand's largest winemaker Montana at a cost of £300m.

Kuemmerling joins Allied Domecq's other brands, including Beefeater Gin, Tia Maria and Ballantine's.