Beverage Dynamics is the largest national business magazine devoted exclusively to the needs of off-premise beverage alcohol retailers, from single liquor stores to big box chains, through coverage of the latest trends in wine, beer and spirits.
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6 Beverage Dynamics • May/June 2014 www.beveragedynamics.com Executive Vice President and Group Publisher Charles Forman Tel: 845-262-1041 Fax: 845-445-6674 email: cforman@specialtyim.com Editor-in-Chief Richard Brandes Tel: 212-353-3832 Fax: 212-353-8214 email: rbrandes@specialtyim.com Contributing Editors Dan Berger Harriet Lembeck Melissa Niksic F. Paul Pacult Robert Plotkin Michael Sherer Senior Regional Sales Manager Bruce Kostic Tel: 203-855-6499, ext. 215 bkostic@specialtyim.com Senior Regional Sales Manager Mark Marcon Tel: 248-761-6231 mmarcon@specialtyim.com Senior Regional Sales Manager Debbie Rittenberg Tel: 215-860-0306 drittenberg@specialtyim.com Art Director Adam Lane Production Manager Cherri Perschmann Tel: 763-383-4400, ext. 2425 cperschmann@epgmediallc.com Senior Research Analyst Adam Rogers LIST RENTAL MeritDirect, Jim Scova email: jscova@MeritDirect.com Tel: 914-368-1012 REPRINTS Circulation and Audience Development Manager Debra Welter email: dwelter@specialtyim.com Sr VP/Audience Development Joanne Juda-Prainito Sr VP/Finance & Operations Gerald Winkel VP/Beverage Group Amy Collins VP/Operations & Production Barb Hammer Senior Art Director Dodi Vessels RETAILER EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Charles Bailes III ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Orlando,FL Ralph Bondon Berbiglia's, Kansas City, MO David Breitstein Duke of Bourbon, Canoga Park, CA Jim Shpall Applejack Liquors, Wheat Ridge, CO Hal Gershman Happy Harry's Bottle Shop, Grand Forks, ND Ron Junge Brown Derby Stores, Springfi eld, MO Ted Farrell Haskell's, Minneapolis, MN Charles Sonnenberg Frugal MacDoogal's, Nashville, TN Beverage Dynamics is published by Specialty Information Media Editorial and executive offi ces at 17 High St., 2nd Fl., Norwalk, CT 06851 Telephone: 203-855-8499 Fax: 203-855-9446 E-mail: rbrandes@specialtyim.com Editor's NOTE FATHERS AND SONS HASKELL'S is one of the signature independent beverage alcohol chains in the U.S., located in and around Minneapolis, MN. Recently, the chain opened its thirteenth store, twice the size of any of its other, very well-appointed outlets. Hearing this, I approached Chairman and CEO Jack Farrell to do a story based on the recent opening of their newest 20,000-square-foot operation. Jack assented, commenting that it was also a good time to do the story because all four of his sons were now involved in the business. Working alongside him are sons Beau (VP E-Commerce & Marketing), John III (VP Sales & Merchandising), Brian (COO) and Ted (President). This got me thinking about a column I wrote years ago describing how the retailing landscape of the beverage alcohol industry is replete with operations that feature second and third generations of family members, children (both sons and daughters) and grandchildren of the founders, who are genuinely apprecia- tive of the efforts of their forebears and who also feel a responsibility to them to carry on as best as possible in their name. Though I'm sure this dynamic appears throughout many industries across America, it seems particularly compelling in our industry. In this vein, I'd like to address a few words in dedication to one of the top beverage alcohol retailers in America over the past several decades. As many of you might already know, Burt Notarius passed away at the age of 70 this past March. Through the years, I had the good fortune to meet Burt a few times and talk to him dozens of times on the phone. I also met and talked with his son Mark a number of times, who with his brother Jonathan, formed the kind of father-and- sons retailing relationship emblematic of several noted operations in the beverage alcohol industry. We're proud that Burt was twice named "Beverage Dynamics Retailer of the Year," in two different decades, most recently in January 2013, with the opening of his latest amazing retail creation, Premiere Wine & Spirits, in Amherst, NY (a Buffalo suburb), encompassing 52,000 square feet (with 30,000 square feet of retail space), as well as Mark and Jonathan's new Premiere Gourmet, a food and beer emporium located right next door. Mark also owns Premium Wine & Spirits, in Amherst, NY, while Jonathan owns Prestige Wine & Spirits, in Orchard Park, NY. Interestingly, Burt fi rst entered this business in a partnership with his father and father-in-law in the late 1960s. And he eventually passed his hard-earned retailing knowledge and savvy on to his two sons, who have become successful merchants in their own right. Commenting to the Buffalo News, Mark said of his father, "He was a man of tremendous passion and industry. There are so many winemakers who went on to become famous who remember my dad because he was among the fi rst to buy their wine." He added, "He had an enthusiasm to help anyone, whether it was a charity or another retailer. It wasn't just about what was good for him. He loved to give." Richard Brandes Editor-in-Chief