CUERVO MOVES TO PROXIMO
Cuervo tequila is now coming to you courtesy of Proximo Spirits. The drinks company will take over distribution of Jose Cuervo-brand tequila in the US and Canada as of July 1. Based in New Jersey, privately owned Proximo is a premium-spirits importer whose portfolio includes 18OO Tequila, Three Olives vodka... Read More
CACHAÇA IS OFFICIALLY CACHAÇA!
Congratulations to the Brazilian spirit cachaça. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has amended the rules related to the standardization of identity for distilled spirits to recognize cachaça as an official spirit that is distinctively produced in Brazil. The final rule published in the Federal Register will... Read More
RIEDEL CRYSTAL
MAXIMILIAN J. RIEDEL has been named President as his father GEORG J. RIEDEL hands over management of Riedel Crystal and its worldwide subsidiaries to his son, the 11th generation family member to lead the company. Maximilian’s father, who joined the company in 1973 and will stay on as owner and... Read More
SIDNEY FRANK IMPORTING COMPANY
MIKE GLENNON has been appointed Vice President of National Off-Premise Chain Sales. In this role, he will be charged with maximizing the distribution, sales and promotion of key national and local chain stores for the company’s entire portfolio. He most recently held the position of Director, National Accounts at Proximo... Read More
IRISH DISTILLERS PERNOD RICARD
BARRY CROCKETT is retiring from the Midleton Distillery in Cork after 47 years – the last 31 of which he spent as Master Distiller. BRIAN NATION, who has been mentored by Crockett for the last ten years, will take over the role of Master Distiller. At the age of seventeen,... Read More
HORIZON BEVERAGE GROUP
There are several upcoming senior management changes at Horizon. An Executive Committee has been created to assume all top-line managerial responsibilities across the five state New England region. JIM TSIUMIS, Senior Vice President, has been added to the Executive Committee and will spearhead corporate strategy. , A Sales Operating Group... Read More
ORVAL
ANNE-FRANÇOISE PYPAERT will become the Master Brewer at Orval this October. The current Master Brewer, JEAN-MARIE ROCK, will retire and Pypaert, who has worked at the Trappist brewery for 2O some-odd years in their lab checking production quality, will take his place. This is the first time a woman will... Read More
OBITUARY – TRUMAN COX 44
The Master Distiller of Buffalo Trace’s A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Truman Cox passed away on Saturday, February 9, after a short illness. Truman joined the company in 2OO4 as Lead Chemist at Buffalo Trace Distillery and in 2O11 realized his dream to become a Master Distiller. A former member of... Read More
TOP SHELF AWARD
The American Beverage Licensees (ABL) will present Craig Wolf, President and CEO of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA), with its 2O13 ABL Top Shelf Award at the ABL Annual Conference on June 1O in Alexandria, Virginia. Wolf has been WSWA’s President and CEO since 2OO6. He was... Read More
MARITIME HEROES AWARD
Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky and US Sailing have named Donald Backe of Annapolis, Maryland, as the winner of the Old Pulteney Maritime Heroes Award. Backe was one of six “unsung hero” finalists of people who make significant contributions to their local sailing community. Backe created the Chesapeake Region... Read More