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Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints Tony Truzzolino Senior Vice President, Sales for Beam Bu

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Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints Tony Truzzolino Senior Vice President, Sales for Beam Business

Industry Veteran to Focus on Further Growing Beam Portfolio

MIAMI & DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Beam Inc. (NYS: BEAM) , the leading American spirits company, and Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern), the nation’s leading wine and spirits distributor and control state broker, are pleased to announce jointly the appointment of Tony Truzzolino to Southern Wine & Spirits as Senior Vice President, Sales for the Beam portfolio. Truzzolino joins Southern from Beam where he most recently served as General Sales Manager, Southern Region, overseeing the 31 states in the U.S. where Southern Wine & Spirits is Beam’s distributor partner.

In his new role at Southern, effective May 1, Truzzolino will report directly to Brad Vassar, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., and will be responsible for accelerating the growth of Beam’s portfolio, including Jim Beam® Bourbon, Sauza™ Tequila, Canadian Club® Whisky, Courvoisier® Cognac, Maker’s Mark® Bourbon, Pinnacle® Vodka, Skinnygirl® Cocktails and more.

“Tony Truzzolino has been an invaluable member of our Beam team for the past 10 years. He has a sharp ability to get results and motivate his team to success, which has been a key driver of our ability to grow and become one of the largest share gainers in the U.S. marketplace,” said Bill Newlands, President of Beam North America. “I am confident that Tony will be an outstanding addition to the Southern Wine & Spirits family working directly with us to ensure focused prioritization and results on our existing brands and new innovations as we drive accelerated growth throughout the country. With Tony’s key leadership appointment, we now have the best of both worlds, and it only further strengthens our relationship with Southern.”

“We are pleased to be Beam’s single largest distributor partner, and we continue to look for unique opportunities to further partner together in driving mutual growth,” added Brad Vassar. “We look forward to Tony Truzzolino joining our Southern team to focus on the Beam portfolio—leveraging his depth of talent and expertise. With Tony in this critical leadership position, along with our dedicated team of portfolio managers throughout the U.S., we are well positioned for the future.”

Truzzolino brings nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, including the past decade …read more

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At The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Gluttony For The Greater Good

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By Erin Carlyle, Forbes Staff

It’s a warm February evening in South Beach and Wayne Chaplin–his dark hair tight to his head, his mouth creased into a smile–can finally relax, at least a bit. It’s the second evening of the raucous, three-day moveable feast known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, for the last 12 years the pet project of Chaplin and his family’s Southern Wine & Spirits of America, the country’s largest alcohol distributor. He’s sitting at a dinner in the tony Loews Hotel honoring the famed chef, Nobu Matsuhisha, joined by the likes of Martha Stewart and Christophe Navarre, the CEO of Moët Hennessy, and 577 other guests who each paid $500 a plate. This is the crowning event of the festival, which was attended by 60,000 people who mingled with all manner of famous chefs, from Food Network stars Guy Fieri and Paula Deen to highbrow pan-rattlers Alice Waters and Alain Ducasse. …read more
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House Spirits Distillery Debuts Distinctive New Bottle Design for Award-Winning Aviation American Gi

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House Spirits Distillery Debuts Distinctive New Bottle Design for Award-Winning Aviation American Gin

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– House Spirits Distillery, a leader of America’s craft distilling resurgence that is co-owned by NFL legend Joe Montana, today announced the introduction of a new custom bottle design for its award-winning Aviation American Gin. The sleek clear glass bottle is reminiscent of a flask and clearly communicates the story of Aviation and House Spirits‘ contemporary gin-making philosophy, while encouraging the world to embrace an innovative style of gin. The bottle was developed in partnership with strategic brand design firm, Sandstrom Partners, and is now on shelves in retail stores across the U.S.

House Spirits Distillery Debuts Distinctive New Bottle Design for Award-Winning Aviation American Gin (Photo: Business Wire)

The availability of the new bottle comes shortly after Aviation earned recognition as the top-rated gin from Wine Enthusiast (scoring 97 points), and on the heels of House Spirits signing a national distribution deal with Southern Wine & Spirits, the nation’s largest wine and spirits distributor, to expand the brand’s footprint across the country.

“As the popularity of Aviation American Gin continues to grow, and we expand to more bars, restaurants and stores throughout the country and around the world, we needed a bottle that could speak for itself and tell the story of the brand,” said Thomas Mooney, CEO and co-owner of House Spirits Distillery. “We believe this eye-catching new design will continue to further position Aviation as a contemporary American craft spirit while also celebrating the distinctive nature of the gin itself.”

The new label features aircraft imagery and decidedly American typography, designed to stand out against English competitors and reinforce Aviation as a category-defining spirit that appeals to a much broader audience.

“From the classic art deco look and feel, to the sense of balance and grace, Sandstrom Partners helped capture the joy of modern culinary cocktails with a nod to the vintage era of the past,” says Christian Krogstad, founder and co-owner of House Spirits Distillery. “As part of the design process, we also worked with leading bartenders to create a shape that’s easy to grab and handle, while fitting nicely into a bartender’s speedwell.”

Aviation American Gin incorporates an adventurous blend of spices from around the world uniquely suited to the cocktail enthusiast’s palate. Aviation shines both on its own as well as in resurrected vintage gin drinks and modern culinary cocktails. For …read more
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