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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... Read More

Martignetti Companies Vice President of Strategic Accounts, David Boyle, has been named “Sales/Delivery Partner of the Year” by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA). The MRA held it’s “2019 Stars of the Industry Awards Gala” on November 13, 2019, at Lombardo’s in Randolph to recognize exceptional employees in the Massachusetts food... Read More

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... Read More

Martignetti Companies, New England’s leading distributor of wines and spirits, has received the prestigious “Distributor of the Year” award from Duckhorn Portfolio. This is the fifth year that Duckhorn is honoring their top distributors with the “Distributor of the Year” program. Distributors are required to achieve a series of performance... Read More

M.S. Walker has announced the introduction of two new expressions to its St. Elder line of artisanal liqueurs. St. Elder Pamplemousse Artisanal Liqueur and St. Elder Blood Orange Artisanal Liqueur are currently rolling out throughout the United States. These two new products join St. Elder Natural Elderflower Liqueur, which has... Read More

M.S. Walker has been named the exclusive U.S. importer of Islay Mist, the original peated blended Scotch whisky. The initial product offering, Islay Mist 8-Year, is a unique blend of whisky distilled at the famed Laphroaig Distillery that is blended with exceptional Speyside malt. Aged in Bourbon Casks for 8... Read More

The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Package Stores Association (MPSA) have by unanimous vote determined they will appeal the decision by Attorney General Maura Healey to certify the Cumberland Farms Ballot Petition. Despite strong opposition by all three tiers within the alcohol beverages industry, Attorney General Maura Healey has... Read More

Martignetti Companies announces two new Senior Vice Presidents of Sales positions effective September 1, reporting to Mark Fisher, President, Sales and Marketing. “I firmly believe this enhanced sales structure will significantly improve our capabilities and allow us to achieve even greater results for our supplier partners and our customers”, stated... Read More

Quality Beverage of Taunton is buying 69-year-old Williams Distributing, the Budweiser and Yuengling distributor in Western Massachusetts. The deal, which needs the approval of Williams Distributing’s suppliers, will make Quality Beverage the state’s leading supplier of Anheuser-Busch InBev brand products. The transaction is expected to close in October, according to... Read More

Cumberland Farms has filed a ballot question with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office that would change the current regulation that limits the number of licenses a single corporation can have. The move surprised everyone. Currently, the number of licenses an individual entity can have is scheduled to increase from seven... Read More