Plata Wine Partners hires Jessica Valenzuela as production planning manager and Shane Owens is named national strategic accounts director, East. Both are new positions. She joins from Saintsbury Winery in Napa-Carneros, where she was an enologist. Owens previously was with Precept Wine, Seattle.
Plata also promoted Alison Crowe to vp-winemaking and Maria Janovich to director of finance and accounting.
Brandsway Creative is now the agency of record for the RtD cocktail brand Le Coqtail.
Marty Maloney leaves the p.r. shop at Molson Coors Beverage Co. after seven years, to take a new role as VP-Consumer with Zeno Group.