• just-drinks home
• Companies

Southern Wine & Spirits

Yesterday's announcement that Southern Wine & Spirits of America is to merge with Glazer's Distributors in the US signifies the spread of consolidation throughout the drinks industry. In this month's 'just the answer', Olly Wehring talks to Southern's president & COO - and soon to be CEO of the new venture - Wayne Chaplin.

US distributor Southern Wine & Spirits of America has created a national director of education role for its Beam Suntory portfolio.

---

Wine and spirits distributor Southern Wine & Spirits of America has opened its latest 'automated storage and retrieval system' facility.

---

Pernod Ricard's US unit is to trade executives with Southern Wine & Spirits as one of its managers moves to the Florida-based distributor.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America's newly-installed COO has announced an overhaul of the company's management team.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits (SWS) has bolstered its senior team in Nevada by promoting two executives.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has confirmed its new chief operating officer after the previous COO stepped up to lead the company.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has announced a change of CEO.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has confirmed the retirement of the senior VP of its 'Fine Wines' division.

---

SPI Group has confirmed the appointment of Southern Wine & Spirits of America as the distributor of its vodka portfolio in six more US states.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) has appointed a new sales head for its Minnesota unit.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits has lined up the acquisition of Phoenix Wine & Spirits in the US state of Utah.

---

The Nevada division of Southern Wine and Spirits (SWS) has upped its craft beer focus in the state with two new appointments.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) has appointed a new operations VP for its Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota divisions.

---

Beam Inc is sending one of its sales managers to Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) to head up the multi-state distributor's Beam portfolio.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) has extended its distribution deal with TY KU Premium Saké & Spirits.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) has extended its distribution deal with Trinchero Family Estates to Indiana.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America and Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) have extended their US distribution partnership to Colorado and Indiana.

---

House Spirits Distillery has secured nation-wide distribution in the US with Southern Wine & Spirits for its Aviation American Gin brand.

---

The North American division of Accolade Wines has confirmed to just-drinks that its recently-announced appointment of Southern Wine & Spirits of America as its distributor across most of the US is a formalisation of their existing partnership.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has announced two senior appointments to its Pacific north-west division.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWSA) has appointed John Wittig to head up a newly-created sales team in its Florida unit.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America (SWS) has announced two executive promotions within its divisional units.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has appointed an environmental health & safety director to its supply chain team

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has signed a deal to distribute Ste Michelle Wine Estates in Minnesota.

---

Wine and spirits marketer WJ Deutsch & Sons has confirmed that it will partner with Southern Wine & Spirits to distribute its portfolio in the US state of Minnesota.

---

Beam Inc has followed Pernod Ricard in signing a distribution tie-up with Southern Wine & Spirits of America in the US state of Washington.

---

The US unit of Pernod Ricard has lined up Southern Wine & Spirits of America to distribute its brands in the state of Washington.

---

Southern Wine & Spirits of America has agreed to buy Odom Corp out of the two companies' distribution joint-venture.