Growth
Brands at
WSWA
The Beverage Information Group
honored the suppliers whose wine and
spirits brands won Growth Brand
Awards this year at the recent
WSWA Convention
he Beverage Information Group, StateWays' parent company,
held a reception at the 70th Annual WSWA Convention in
Orlando, FL, this past April to recognize the 2013 Growth
Brand Award winners in the wine and spirits categories. Growth
Brand Award winners were recognized in four categories: Rising
Stars, which must be less than five years old and have exhibited
notable growth in the past few years; Fast Track, which must have
exceeded 100,000 9-liter cases in 2012, with double-digit growth in
each of the past four years; Established Growth, brands moving a
minimum of 400,000 9-liter cases, with notable growth in the past
few years; and the Comeback awards tier, honoring brands that
have rebounded in sales to at least the previous level after a recent
decline.
The Growth Brand categories are designed to organize the wine
and spirit brands demonstrating notable growth in a meaningful,
quantifiable way to help retailers, restaurateurs and the industry at
large discern existing and emerging trends. The article detailing the
Growth Brands for 2013 appeared in the March/April 2013 issue of
StateWays'.
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Kate Latts, director of marketing
for Heaven Hill
Distilleries.
Gianna I. Franzia,
John Lastra, North director of digital
Florida area manmarketing for
ager for The Patron Bronco Wine.
Spirits Company.
StateWays I www.stateways.com I July/August 2013
Tony Bongiovanni, left, StateWays' vp
of sales and associate publisher, and
Adam Rogers, senior analyst for the
Beverage Information Group, served as
co-presenters.
Left, Roberto J. Serralles, PhD, vice
president of business development, and
John Eason, COO/executive vice president of Serralles.
Brett Scallan,
vice president/
group brand
director at Ste.
Michelle.
Kurt Jungerren,
director of sales,
national accounts,
for Phillips
Distilling.
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