Chapter 1

The Question

Marc's interest in applying organic chemistry to spirit maturation began before his work at Toronto Metropolitan University. Marc and David first met when David was Marc's student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Following completion of his degree at UOIT, David completed an unrelated MSc at the MJA Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University, with Marc serving as his master's supervisor. Years later, David returned to Marc and proposed that they investigate the spirit-aging concept together. Their early work began after David graduated. Once they had established proof of concept and determined that the process was viable, the research expanded through Marc's MJA Lab at TMU, where it underwent further development, analysis, and validation using the laboratory's facilities and advanced chemical instrumentation. Marc and David subsequently decided to commercialize the technology through VI SIX.