CORPORATE MEMBERS
Corporate Benefits
Becoming a Women of the Vine & Spirits Corporate Member provides a portfolio of benefits and signals to employees, potential employees, and the industry at large that your organization supports gender diverse leadership teams and talent development.
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FOUNDING MEMBER
Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits is the nation’s largest wine and spirits distributor and broker with operations in 44 US markets, the District of Columbia, Canada, and the Caribbean. We employ more than 20,000 team members and distribute more than 150 million cases of wine and spirits annually. Southern Glazer’s urges all retail customers and adult consumers to market, sell, serve and enjoy its products responsibly.
DIAMOND MEMBERS
Our quest for quality begins with vineyard development and continues to grow into areas such as premium bulk wine contracts, research and development, brand development, brand marketing and national distribution. Bronco Wine Company is vertically integrated, from the vineyard to the table, focused on crafting wines for the American table.
Caesars Entertainment is the world’s most diversified casino-entertainment provider and the most geographically diverse U.S. casino-entertainment company. CEC is mainly comprised of the following three entities: wholly owned Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties (“CERP”), Caesars Growth Partners, LLC (“CGP”), in which we hold a variable economic interest, and the majority owned operating subsidiary Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (“CEOC”) (which was deconsolidated effective January 15, 2015 due to its bankruptcy filing). Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada in 1937, CEC has grown through development of new resorts, expansions and acquisitions. The Caesars system of properties now operates 47 casinos in 13 U.S. states and five countries. CERP and CGP own a total of 12 casinos. CEC’s resorts operate primarily under the Caesars®, Harrah’s®, and Horseshoe® brand names. CEOC’s portfolio also includes the Caesars Entertainment UK (formerly London Clubs International) family of casinos.
The Caesars system of properties is focused on building loyalty and value with its guests through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence, and technology leadership. The Company is committed to system-wide environmental sustainability and energy conservation and recognizes the importance of being a responsible steward of the environment. For more information, please visit www.caesars.com.
Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a Fortune 500® company, is a leading international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. Constellation is the No. 3 beer company in the U.S. with high-end, iconic imported brands such as Corona Extra, Corona Light, Modelo Especial, Modelo Negra and Pacifico. The company’s beer portfolio also includes Ballast Point, one of the most awarded craft brewers in the U.S. In addition, Constellation is the world’s leader in premium wine, selling great brands that people love, including Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Mark West, Franciscan Estate, Ruffino and The Prisoner. The company’s premium spirits brands include SVEDKA Vodka, Casa Noble Tequila, and High West Whiskey. Based in Victor, N.Y., the company believes that industry leadership involves a commitment to brand building, our trade partners, the environment, our investors and to consumers around the world who choose our products when celebrating big moments or enjoying quiet ones. Founded in 1945, Constellation has grown to become a significant player in the beverage alcohol industry with more than 100 brands in its portfolio, about 40 facilities and approximately 8,000 talented employees. We express our company vision: to elevate life with every glass raised. To learn more, visit www.cbrands.com
Significantly, it also highlights our company philosophy: We believe that each “pearl’s” luster is best revealed when the vineyard and wine-making decisions are made on site by the people who grow the grapes and make the wine. The Ste. Michelle Wine Estates company is simply the “string,” providing administrative and financial support for these extraordinary wine properties.
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates President and CEO Ted Baseler notes, “With Chateau Ste. Michelle as our first pearl, over the years we have developed or acquired other wineries that meet our high standards of quality and whose wines are distinctive. These wines reflect the place where they are grown.” From Washington State’s short, warm summers and sparse soil, to the cooler climate and mineral-rich soil of the Willamette Valley to the complex soil and longer, hot summers of the Napa Valley, the terroir of the pearl on our string is as unique as each wine in our portfolio.
PLATINUM MEMBERS
Our Brand Portfolio includes more than 200 brands and labels, with a focus on six core global brands that are supported by a strong portfolio of other brands. Our global brands are: BACARDÍ rum, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin, DEWAR’S Blended Scotch whisky, ERISTOFF vodka, GREY GOOSE vodka and MARTINI vermouth and Italian sparkling wines.
His original brand, Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, was America’s first bottled bourbon and remains one of Brown-Forman’s finest brands today. Geo. Garvin Brown IV, a descendant of the founder, is part of the 5th generation of Brown Family members engaged with Brown-Forman, a publicly traded, family-controlled company, and serves as the presiding Chairman of the Board.
Brown-Forman employs more than 4,000 people worldwide with about 1,000 located in Louisville. Brown-Forman, one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies and among the top 10 largest global spirits companies, to sells its brands in countries around the world and has offices in cities across the globe. In all, Brown-Forman has more than 25 brands in its portfolio of wines and spirits.
Delicato Family Vineyards is a pioneering family-owned California winery founded in 1924. Three generations of the Indelicato family have guided grapes from vineyard to bottle and into homes and dining establishments around the world. Delicato Family Vineyards produces and represents wines of the highest quality made in accordance with sustainable winegrowing practices.
For more information on all Frederick Wildman brands, please visit facebook.com/frederickwildman.
Family owned and operated in the heart of Napa Valley since 1948, Trinchero Family Estates is a worldwide leader in the wine industry, with more than 45 acclaimed wine and spirits brands and a global presence in nearly 50 countries. Ours is a story of modest beginnings, steadfast perseverance and enduring passion—for the land, for the community, for world-class wine.
GOLD MEMBERS
For more information about our locations, leadership team, community involvement and career opportunities, please visit us at www.BreakthruBev.com
Deutsch’s wine and spirits are sold to the trade with well-planned marketing support and offered to U.S. consumers at fair market prices. Today the company is renowned for its brand building prowess and ability to identify and fill consumer niches within the wine and spirits category.
Dragos Cantina is a woman owned, ready to drink, craft margarita and premium tequila company based in Downtown Los Angeles. We’ve combined 100% authentic, small batch, seasonal flavors with premium blanco tequila and packaged it in a convenient, all-in-one, mini cantina with rimming salt included. Crafted with love for all those unboring moments that make life way more interesting. #TheUnboringCocktail™.
Edrington is owned by a charitable trust, The Robertson Trust, which donated $25M to a variety of charitable causes last year.
hint inc., the San Francisco-based company founded by entrepreneur Kara Goldin in 2005, is a healthy lifestyle brand known for its delicious unsweetened flavored water. Since its launch, hint® water has helped consumers live healthy lifestyles by making water taste great without sugar or diet sweeteners. The brand has received numerous accolades, including Best Flavored Water (from Health, Men’s Health, and SELF magazines).
Flavored only with natural fruit, hint delivers refreshment without unnecessary additives – no sugar, no diet sweeteners and no preservatives. hint’s water brands include the classic fruit-infused flat water; hint fizz®, a sparkling beverage that received Better Homes and Gardens’ Best New Product award (2012) and the Silver Stevie award for Best New Product of the Year (2012); and hint kick®, the brand’s first unsweetened caffeinated beverage. hint water and sunscreen are produced in the USA and are available at drinkhint.com and grocery and specialty stores nationwide.
RNDC is one of the nation’s leading wholesale beverage alcohol distributors, specializing in wine and spirits. As the preferred partner for alcohol producers who value the three-tier system, RNDC creates branded products and productivity for all parties involved. RNDC serves as a product liaison between suppliers and those who sell alcoholic beverages – defined by its impeccable customer service, unrivaled expertise in beverage education, and a broad product portfolio.
Our story begins more than 50 years ago, when a celebrated American dancer named Rod Strong settled in Sonoma County to pursue a second lifelong creative passion: winemaking. Rodney Strong Vineyards was the 13th winery bonded in the newly discovered Sonoma County wine industry. A trio of winemaking paths crossed when Rick Sayre joined the team as Winemaker in 1979, and again when the Klein Family, 4th generation California farmers, purchased the winery in 1989 and initiated a renewed commitment of modern artisan winemaking. Through the years, Rodney Strong Vineyards has earned the reputation for critically acclaimed Single Vineyard and Reserve wines, stand out Estate releases and best-in-class Sonoma County varietal wines.
Sterling Creativeworks helps clients develop their brand’s unique emotional appeal and connect with their target customer.
What makes us different? We’re a strategic design agency with 25+ years of experience working with national and international brands. More than just designing pretty labels, we bring insights into branding and consumer behavior specific to the wine, beer and spirits categories. Our well-honed process provides the ideal framework for new ideas to emerge and thrive. Strategy forms the foundation, clarifying the brand essence and emotional triggers that will create lasting relationships with consumers.
What is a standout brand? One that has emotional resonance and depth. It uses all the senses to convey a clear point of view. It stands for something, and inspires fierce loyalty among consumers who align with that point of view. Sure, a great name and striking design are essential to success. But getting a shopper to pick up your package is only the first step. We aim to make consumers crave it, then fall into a long-term relationship, because it inspires them and elevates their daily lives. In other words, we want nothing short of devotion.
Total Wine & More is the country‘s largest independent retailer of fine wine. Brothers David and Robert Trone opened our first store in Delaware in 1991. Today, we operate more than 170 stores across 20 states and continue to grow.
Vine Connections is the leading importer and distributor of fine wines made by family producers in Argentina, Chile, and California, and premium Sake from Japan.
In April 2004, Michael Quinttus founded VINTUS based on his desire to develop a focused portfolio of exceptional, family-owned, estate-based producers of hand-crafted wines.
It is the goal of VINTUS to assemble a diverse, international range of "wines of place" produced by passionate personalities driven to extract the maximum expression from their estates. Our producers are intensely attuned to their environments, emphasizing biodynamic, organic or sustainable viticulture and winemaking. This theme of site expression weaves through the entire VINTUS portfolio of wines, and will remain a cornerstone of our future growth.
VINTUS is not just the embodiment of its remarkable estates. It is also a team of young, dynamic and highly motivated professionals in sales, marketing and operations who share the VINTUS vision and its standards of excellence and service. Our wines are sold through a network of distributors in all 50 states and the Caribbean who have been carefully selected as partners because of their sophisticated wine knowledge, similar philosophical foundations, relationships with the finest wine shops and restaurants in their markets, and their commitment to our wines.
Vintage Wine Estates is recognized for providing exceptional value to the wine consumer. We continue new acquisitions to expand our collection of brands, producing wines that highlight talented winemaking and the best of Napa and Sonoma county terroir.
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) is the national trade association representing the wholesale tier of the wine and spirits industry and is dedicated to advancing the interests an independence of wholesalers as the central hub of the three-tier system. Established in 1943, WSWA’s membership includes 378 member companies in 50 states and the District of Columbia, and its members distribute more than 80 percent of wine and spirits sold at wholesale in the United States. For more information, visitwww.wswa.org.
Wine Warehouse is a multi-generational, family owned and operated, wholesale distributor of fine wine, beer and spirits for California. The company was established in 1973 by passionate wine collectors, Bob and Jim Myerson,who sought to bring fine wine to a new and rapidly growing market.
That same vision and commitment to quality continues today. Wine Warehouse’s unique brand and category mix is a nationally recognized portfolio in the premium beverage alcohol space. Our dedicated and knowledgeable employees are uniquely qualified to deliver this exceptional portfolio to one of the most sophisticated and demanding markets in the country. Under the leadership of our dynamic executive team, including second-generation owners, Jim Myerson and Linda Myerson Dean, Wine Warehouse continues a tradition of bringing superb products to California supported by an unsurpassed team of dedicated professionals.
Young’s Market Company strives to be the leader in the wholesale and distribution of wine, spirits and selected beverages. We are committed to adding value to our customers, reaching the highest standards of respect for our employees, exemplary professional representation of our suppliers, and support for the communities where we live and work. We will secure our future with dedication to performance and innovation.
SILVER MEMBERS
Founded in 1935, Bardstown, KY-based Heaven Hill Brands (www.heavenhill.com) is the nation's largest independent, family-owned and operated spirits producer and marketer and the world's second-largest holder of Kentucky Bourbon. Heaven Hill's diversified portfolio of brands includes Evan Williams Bourbon; Larceny, Elijah Craig and Henry McKenna Bourbons; Deep Eddy Vodka; Burnett's Vodkas and Gin; Admiral Nelson's and Blackheart Rums; Hpnotiq Liqueur; The Christian Brothers Brandies; PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur; Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur; Lunazul Tequila; Cinerator Hot Cinnamon Flavored Whiskey and Rittenhouse Rye Whisky.
Since our company’s inception, Horizon Beverage has fostered an environment of ingenuity, innovation, and expertise to help suppliers and retail & restaurant entrepreneurs reach their goals while enhancing the careers of our employees.
Luxco, Inc. is a leading producer, importer and marketer of beverage alcohol products. Our mission is to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of our consumers, associates and business partners. Founded in St. Louis in 1958, where it is headquartered, it is owned and operated by the Lux family. Its portfolio of brands include: Juarez Tequila & Triple Sec, Pearl Vodka, Everclear Grain Alcohol, Arrow Cordials, El Mayor Tequila, Exotico Tequila, Ezra Brooks & Rebel Yell Bourbons, Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky, St. Brendan’s Irish Cream, Salvador’s Cocktails, Yago Sangria and other well-recognized brands.
WSET is the largest global provider of qualifications in the field of wines and spirits. WSET qualifications are regulated by the UK Government and have a strong reputation worldwide. In the last academic year (2016/17) 85,487 candidates sat for a WSET qualification. Courses are available in 19 languages and over 70 countries and are open both to industry professionals and interested enthusiasts. Since 1969 more than half a million individuals have completed a WSET qualification. We currently offer nine qualifications, from one-day beginner courses through to a specialist level diploma. For more information about WSET, please visit the new fully responsive website: www.WSETglobal.com
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Auro Chocolate
Bauerhaus Design
Cape Cod Package Store Fine Wine & Spirits
Certify My Company
Distill Ventures
Empson & Co.
Farm Credit
Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards
Gregory White PR
Hotaling & Co
Iron Horse Vineyards
LA SCOLCA
Le Grand Courtâge
Merrill Lynch
MONIN
Nielsen
Opici Distributing
Padilla
Phillips Distilling Co.
Pomp & Whimsy
Pura Vida Spirits
Rémy Cointreau
Salt Creek Grille
Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association
Vegan Wines
Whole Foods Market
Wine & Spirits Shippers Association Inc.