BACARDI
BACARDIMICHAEL MISIORSKI has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins Bacardi USA from Absolut Spirits Co. where he was VP of Finance and CFO. While at Absolut Misiorski led a number of departments including human resources and operations, and oversaw tax reporting, budgeting and a... Read More
Lew Bryson Honored
Lew Bryson HonoredWe would like to extend congratulations to one of our regular contributors Lew Bryson, who recently won the Michael Jackson Beer Journalism Award in the Trade and Specialty Beer Media category at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. The competition recognizes journalistic excellence in the coverage of American... Read More
SIDNEY FRANK IMPORTING CO.
JIM JULIANO has joined SFIC as State Manager (Massachusetts) reporting to Jim Mingarelli, VP, Northeast Division. Jim has 24 years of sales and marketing experience working at Bacardi where he successfully led a team in New England that realized a significant growth in volume across Bacardi’s portfolio of brands. He... Read More
PREISS IMPORTS
Spirits industry veterans ANTHONY FOGLIO and KEITH GREGGOR have taken a majority position in the company for an undisclosed sum. HENRY PREISS, the founder, will retain a significant interest and continue as President and CEO. The company imports hundreds of top-quality spirits, from around the world, as well as niche... Read More
BEAM GLOBAL SPIRITS & WINE
ROBERT PROBST has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will take the leading role in developing financial strategy and will ensure that systems and financial controls effectively support Beam Global and its aggressive growth trajectory. Probst was with Diageo for eight years in a series... Read More
KENTUCKY BOURBON HALL OF FAME
The prestigious Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame will honored seven individuals for their service to the Commonwealth’s signature bourbon industry. BRAD BOSWELL President of Independent Stave Company, OWSLEY BROWN I, longtime President of Brown-Forman; THOMAS FLOCCO, President and CEO of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc.; EDWIN FOOTE, retired Master... Read More
DIAGEO
ANDY FENNELL has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. The move follows the departure of ROB MALCOLM, President of Global Marketing, Sales and Innovation who will retire from the business in December. The sales team will now be led by RON ANDERSON, who has been appointed as Chief Customer Officer. ... Read More
FREDERICK WILDMAN AND SONS
PETER SHEEHAN has been appointed as Vice President, Director of Sales and Marketing for the company’s National Brands Division. In his new position, Sheehan will be responsible for the supervision of Sales Directors and Regional Managers based in four strategically-located markets – East, Midwest, South, and West/Southwest. He will also... Read More
Obituary: GIANNI MASCIARELLI
GIANNI MASCIARELLIpassed away on July 31 while on a business trip in Germany. He was 52 years old. Mr. Masciarelli was the premier winemaker/owner of Masciarelli vineyards in Abruzzo, Italy.Gianni inherited his passion for vineyards and wine from his grandfather, Giovanni. In 1978, he produced his first wines at times... Read More
HEINEKEN
JOHN NICOLSON is set to replace MASSIMO VON MUNSTER as Heineken Americas President as of October 1. Nicolson was formerly Managing Director for Eastern Europe, Asia and the U.S. for Scottish & Newcastle, which was bought by Heineken and Carlsberg earlier this year. Massimo von Munster had decided to leave... Read More