is a company whose main owner is the valamo monastery in finland . it was founded in 1997 and its main field of operations according to the finnish trade register is the distilling and mixing of alcoholic beverages and production of ethanol through fermentation . 1 the company was originally founded by the valamo monastery and a winery called hermannin viinitila hermann s wine estate from ilomantsi . the latter is the oldest wine estate in finland having been founded in 1989 . 2 in 2013 valamo owned half of valamon viiniherman . the company produces wines liqueurs and in the future also whisky . 3 4 the company is said to be the creation of father andreas of the monastery . it made 60 000 in profits in 2012 . 3 in 2014 it was announced that the company will begin to produce whisky . the monastery plans to make whisky the foundation of their economy . the initial investment amounts to ca . one million euros . the company believes the operation will be a profitable one even though they will not be able to sell their whisky until 2018 . the distillery needed in the project forms a company of its own and the majority of the shares is owned by the monastery . the person responsible for the production of alcoholic beverages in the monastery is timo kettunen . 4 external links edit official website references edit valamon viiniherman oy details of enterprise . finnish trade register . retrieved 3 july 2014 . pannussa porisee viskimallas whisky malt boiling in the pot . www.joensuuregion.fi . retrieved 3 july 2014 . a b juhani saarinen 17 aug 2013 . valamo el yli varojensa valamo is living beyond its means . helsingin sanomat . sanoma . pp . b 6 7 . a b verna vuoripuro 2 july 2014 . valamon luostarissa aletaan valmistaa viski whisky will be produced in the valamo monastery . helsingin sanomat . sanoma . p. a 12 . this whisky related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valamon viiniherman & oldid 739213515 categories distilleriesdrink companies of finlandcompanies established in 1997whisky stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view