Patrón Spirits
Phil Gervasi has joined the company as Executive VP-Sales, North America – working with US distributor partners, and leading Patrón tequila, Ultimat vodka and Pyrat rum sales teams. He will also manage development of the Patrón portfolio in Canada. Gervasi joins Patrón Spirits from Diageo North America, where he was... Read More
The Hess Collection
Michael Morganti joins the company as New England Regional Sales Manager. Most recently he served as the Northern California District Manager for Kobrand. Prior to that, he was the Northern California Regional Manager forThe Grateful Palate, focusing primarily on its Australian portfolio. Morganti is a Boston native and at the... Read More
Anheuser-Busch
Paul Chibe has been named VP-Marketing in the US. He was most recently VP/GM for gum and mints with Wm. Wrigley Jr. Chibe’s biggest goal is to reinvigorate Bud Light and Budweiser sales. He replaces KEITH LEVY, who left the brewer in January.
C.Mondavi & Sons
Mike Jaeger is joining as COO. Jaeger had served as President and COO of Wilson Daniels and has been consulting for a private equity firm evaluating wine acquisitions. Jaeger will be working with the family on strategy and business development. Previously he was President of Canandaigua Wine, a division of... Read More
OBITUARY: ADELE “DELLIE†REX
ADELE “DELLIE” REX, 68 Local wine pioneer Dellie Rex passed away suddenly on June 7 from a stroke.Dellie attended Connecticut College and graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1966.She earned her MBA from Babson and was extremely active in the fine wine industry for over 25 yearsas... Read More
Banfi Vintners
Charles Andrews has been named General Manager – overseeing sales, marketing and public relations. Andrews brings with him over 37 years of wholesale industry management experience. He joined National Distributing Company as President in 2OO3 and was part of the team that oversaw its 2OO7 merger with Republic Distributing Company,... Read More
FREIXENET
Eva Bertran has been named VP-Marketing for the company’s entire portfolio of imported and domestic wines. A native of Barcelona, Spain, Bertran joined the Freixenet Group in 1986, launching the company’s California winery, Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards, and helping to establish the Spanish firm’s American subsidiary and import arm,... Read More
DON SEBASTIANI & SONS
DON SEBASTIANI & SONS The family-owned wine company has promoted Mike Cekay to Executive Vice President/Global Sales Manager. In his expanded role, Mike will assume day to day responsibility for all Export, Transportation and Travel Channels. Cekay joined Don Sebastiani & Sons in 2OO9 as Senior Vice President, National Sales... Read More
OBITUARY: JESS JACKSON,
JESS JACKSON, 81 An icon of the wine world has passed away. Jess Stonestreet Jackson, the man who revolutionized the Chardonnay industry in the US during the early 198Os with his extraordinarily successful Kendall-Jackson winery and went on to become a pioneering architect of the burgeoning American wine industry, passed... Read More
BACARDI LIMITED
BACARDI LIMITED Caroline Basyn has been named the drink company’s Global Chief Information Officer, responsible for all Information Technology activities of Bacardi Limited globally including leading the company’s overall IT strategy and implementation. Previously Basyn was at Procter & Gamble where she was most recently Director of Trade Fund Management... Read More