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CYNTHIA GREEN of Greenwood Wine & Spirits in Wakefield, MA was presented the 2011 Retailer Of The Year for Massachusetts. New to the industry, Cynthia Green purchased an existing liquor license in June, 1995 and relocated and opened the business as Greenwood Wine & Spirits on December 1, 1995.  Her... Read More

The NCSLA Executive Committee for fiscal year ending June 3O, 2O12 has been announced.  Serving as President is Massachusetts ABCC General Counsel WILLIAM A. KELLEY, JR.  Kelley has been the General Counsel of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (“MA-ABCC”) since 1991 and has been a faculty member for the... Read More

DAVID B. KENT, CEO of The Wine Group LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, became Wine Institute Chairman for the 2O11-2O12 fiscal year at Wine Institute’s 77th Annual Meeting of Members held at the Sonoma Mission Inn.  Kent has been Chief Executive Officer of The Wine Group, which operates a dozen... Read More

The independent craft brewing company has hired ANDREW (ANDY) THOMAS as President of Commercial Operations.  In his role Thomas will be accountable for all sales and marketing activities at the company.  Thomas has more than 2O years of experience in consumer packaged goods and the beverage industry.  He recently served... Read More

PHIL PARNELL, 59The executive chairman of the Drambuie Liqueur Company, Phil Parnell, has passed away after a short illness.  The company said he died after being admitted to hospital, suffering from cancer, earlier in June.  Mr. Parnell was appointed to the boards of Drambuie Ltd and the Drambuie Liqueur Company... Read More

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

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

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

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

SCOTT BLAZEK has been appointed Senior VP-Sales. Most recently, Blazek was the company’s Regional VP-Central – leading a team of 😯 sales and marketing professionals across Heineken’s second largest region in the US.  Blazek spent ten years at Diageo, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Director of National... Read More