Yearly Archive: 2013
Chicago’s Wine Discount Center Is Renamed Vin Chicago As New Generation Takes Charge
The Wine Discount Center, a four-store retail chain based in metro Chicago and led for years by Howard “Bud” Schwarzbach, a 1999 Market Watch Leader, has a new name and a new owner. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013Whisky Advocate To Unveil Award Winners Starting Tomorrow
Whisky Advocate is set to name the winners of The 20th Annual Whisky Advocate Awards on the Whisky Advocate blog, starting Wednesday, December 11. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013Accolade Taps Industry Veteran Ratcliffe As CEO
Accolade Wines, which has been seeking a chief executive since former CEO Troy Christensen departed just over a year ago, has hired veteran wine industry executive John Ratcliffe to lead the company. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013News Briefs for December 10, 2013
•Total Wine & More tells SND the company has reached a new milestone in its business with the opening of its 100th store. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013Craft Brewing and Distilling News for December 10, 2013
•Pennsylvania’s Victory Brewing Co. has added three new states to its distribution footprint. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013Interview: Sherry-Lehmann CEO Chris Adams
New York City retail institution Sherry-Lehmann will celebrate its 80th anniversary next year. Ahead of that milestone, the company—which has annual revenues of above $45 million—last month welcomed a new partner to its business, corporate finance veteran Kris Green. Green joined the group following the departure of former president and leading shareholder Michael Yurch, who left November 1 to start a new wine marketing and strategy firm, Bluest Sky Group. Sherry-Lehmann’s ownership is now split amongst Green, chairman and CEO Chris Adams, COO Shyda Gilmer and Michael Aaron, son of founder Jack Aaron. Shanken News Daily recently caught up with Adams to find out what the change means for the business and discuss the outlook for the critical holiday selling season. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 9, 2013
