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Posted on June 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

PROMOTED:  Brandon Joldersma to chief operating officer, Still Austin Whiskey Co.  He joined Still Austin in July 2019 as general manager. HIRED: Jay Finnigan as evp-national sales director of Traverse City Whiskey Co.  He joins from Republic National Distributing Co. … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 3, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

HIRED: Olivier Grémillon as Chief Executive Officer of Vivino, the world’s most downloaded mobile wine app and largest online wine marketplace, effective July 26.  He joins from Booking.com and succeeds Heini Zachariassen, founder/ceo.  Zachariassen will remain on Vivino’s board of … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 2, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

HIRED:  Amber Roberts as vp-enterprise, and Blake Hunter as senior director of data science at Drinks, whose Wine as a Service (WaaS) platform powers the ship-to-home wine category for Macy’s, Thrive Market, Kroger, Boxed and more.  Roberts joins from Kroger, where she was head … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 1, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

APPOINTED:  Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal as the new star of Casillero del Diablo’s global Wine Legend campaign. Pascal will play a new, mysterious character linked to Casillero del Diablo’s renowned wine legend in upcoming advertising programming centered around television, video and social media. … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 26, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

APPOINTED;  A-K Hada, most recently the beverage director for Dante in New York, as national brand ambassador for Bacardi Rums.

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Posted on May 20, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

HIRED:  Aaron Harris as head distiller at @Watershed Distillery, Columbus, Ohio.  He joins from Lux Row Distillers where he was distillery supervisor. APPOINTED: Martha Stewart to be a strategic advisor to Canopy Growth Corp.

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