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M.S. WALKER EXPANDS ITALIAN NATIONAL WINE IMPORT PORTFOLIO

M.S. Walker has been named the U.S. importer for Italian wine producers Cantina Santa Maria La Palma, Cantina di Sorbara and Corte Sant’Alda. These esteemed producers join M.S. Walker’s growing portfolio from around the globe and strengthens its commitment to its emerging national portfolio. Sardinian winery Cantina Santa Maria La...
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MARTIGNETTI COMPANIES COMMITS $250K TO HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY COVID-19

Martignetti Companies has committed $250,000 in charitable contributions to both local and national organizations to support and assist restaurant industry employees experiencing hardship during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Of the $250,000 contribution, $170,000 has been dispersed to both the local and national charitable organizations outlined below. The most recent contribution...
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Baystate Wine & Spirits Acquires Trio Wine Company

Baystate has completed the acquisition of Trio Wholesale’s operations in Massachusetts that will expand the company’s portfolio of fine wine & spirits and extends the sales teams. Baystate Wine & Spirits, a Massachusetts-based importer and distributor of fine wine, spirits and malt beverages, has announced that it has acquired Trio...
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BROCKMANS GIN’S NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

Brockmans Gin has appointed former Mast-Jägermeister and Russian Standard Vodka executive Guy Lawrence to the newly created role of Managing Director, as the Company embarks on a new five-year growth plan designed to double sales. The announcement follows the appointment in October of drinks industry veteran and former Diageo Chief...
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Call For Entries – Rapscallion Bartender Competition

Rapscallion Table & Tap, in partnership with sponsor Phillips Distilling Co., will host the first-ever Rapscallion Bartender Competition on January 14, 2020, featuring Prairie Organic Vodka and Gin. Bartenders can enter for a chance to win the title of Rapscallion Bartender of the Year and have your winning cocktail featured on...
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MASS PACK APPEALS THE CUMBERLAND FARMS INITIATIVE

Massachusetts Package Stores Association (MPSA) member retailers of beer, wine and spirits from across the state have banded together to challenge the decision by Attorney General Maura Healey to certify Initiative Petition No. 19-14 (the “Cumberland Farms Initiative”) for a “Law Relative to the Sale of Beer and Wine by...
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