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Sonoma’s V2 Wine Group Aims To Double Business Within Five Years

Launched in 2010 by industry veterans Dan and Katy Leese and entrepreneur Pete Kight as a wine production, sales and marketing company, Sonoma’s V2 Wine Group has reached an annual volume of about 600,000 cases and revenues of just under $65 million. Dan Leese, who serves as president, has set the goal of doubling sales in the next five years. In the first part of this exclusive interview with SND senior editor Daniel Marsteller, Leese discusses growth prospects across V2’s expanding portfolio. Continue reading →

Posted in News on July 25, 2016

News Briefs for July 7, 2016

•Pernod Ricard has opened the latest distillery in its Our/Vodka program with its launch of Our/Los Angeles. Continue reading →

Posted in News on July 7, 2016

V2 Wine Group Adds Cameron Hughes, Weighs Plans For Further Expansion

Editor’s Note: V2 Wine Group, the wine production, sales and marketing company founded in 2010 by industry veterans Dan and Katy Leese and entrepreneur Pete Kight, has agreed to handle sales and marketing for the portfolio of California-based négoçiant Cameron Hughes Wines (CHW). Under the agreement, V2 will represent the Cameron Hughes Lot Series, CAM Collection, Zin Your Face and New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc label Greenlip. The deal follows V2’s recent sales and marketing accord with Washington winemaker Hedges Family Estate announced earlier this month. Continue reading →

Posted in News on April 29, 2014

Exclusive: V2 Wine Group Takes On Sales And Marketing For Hedges Family Estate

Sonoma, California-based V2 Wine Group has struck a deal to handle sales and marketing for Washington winemaker Hedges Family Estate. Continue reading →

Posted in News on April 2, 2014