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NICOLE CARTER has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer, leading the efforts for California based brands of Hess Family Wine Estates, as well as Amalaya and Colomé from Salta, Argentina and Glen Carlou from the Paarl region in South Africa.  For the past two decades she has served in management roles... Read More

PHILIPPE FARNIER has been appointed CEO. In addition, he will oversee other markets in the Americas and be a member of the Rémy Cointreau Executive Committee. Farnier began his career in sales and marketing at various food and beverage companies including Kraft Jacobs Suchard and Heineken in France and Spain.

NICHOLAS FINK is joining the company as Senior Vice President of Global Growth and Development. In this newly created role, Fink will partner with the senior team to identify, assess and execute opportunities to grow the business around the world. He comes from Beam Suntory where he was the president... Read More

MATT STINCHFIELD has been appointed safety ambassador. In this newly created position he will work to promote the mission of the BA safety subcommittee. He is a safety and loss control consultant to mid-sized and regional craft breweries and distilleries in addition to founder of his own brewery, Ploughshare Brewing... Read More

The Association has inaugurated its 2O15 Board of Directors. This year’s Executive Committee is made up of the following members: CHAIR GARY FISH Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon VICE CHAIR ROB TOD Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, Maine SECRETARY/TREASURER LARRY CHASE Standing Stone Brewing Co., Ashland, Oregon PAST CHAIR STEVE HINDY Brooklyn... Read More

The owner of Stolichnaya vodka has made management changes. ROB CULLINS has been promoted to CEO of the Stoli Group, JOHN ESPOSITO has joined the Board and been named Chairman of Stoli Group USA and RENE LEK is the new Group Chief Financial Officer.

SUSAN HANEY has been promoted to Vice President, Operations for the trade association that represents America’s brewers, beer importers and industry suppliers. Haney has worked for the Institute for more than 13 years, when she started as the executive assistant to late president Jeff Becker. In her new position, she... Read More

ERIC RELLER has been named Director of State Government Communications. In this role, he will be responsible for providing communications support for the organization’s public policy, media relations and grassroots initiatives. He most recently served as Senior Media Manager for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), focusing on policy... Read More

WINE JOURNALIST/VINTNER Such a vibrant presence was Nancy Knowles Parker, that I was struck speechless when informed of her death on January 1O. Although 85-years-old, she, once a model and still a stylish, beautiful and actively productive woman, could have served as a model for the often overused adjective “vibrant”,... Read More

After a brief period as interim Chief Executive Officer, MIKE DOLAN has agreed to become the company’s permanent CEO. In addition, DMITRY IVANOV has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer of Bacardí and President of Bacardi Global Brands. He will be responsible for the global marketing organization including brand equity,... Read More