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July/August 2014 • Beverage Dynamics 47
GROWTH BRANDS AT WSWA
AT THE WSWA CONVENTION IN APRIL, the Beverage
Information Group, Beverage Dynamics' parent company,
recognized the 2014 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 fi ve years old and have exhibited notable growth in the past
few years; Fast Track, which must have exceeded 100,000 9-liter
cases in 2013, 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,
quantifi able way to help retailers, restaurateurs and the industry at
large discern existing and emerging trends. The article detailing
the Growth Brands for 2014 appeared in the March/April 2014
issue of Beverage Dynamics.
The Beverage Information Group honors the suppliers whose wine and spirits brands won Growth
Brand Awards this year at the recent WSWA Convention.
1 Charlie Forman, left, Beverage Dynamics' Executive VP and Group Publisher, and Adam Rogers, Senior Research Analyst for the Beverage Information
Group serve as co-presenters; 2 Chris Galante, Territory Manager for Suntory-Beam; 3 Barbara Dahl, Sales Director, Constellation Brands; 4 Robert
Torkelson, President & COO, Trinchero; 5 Brett Scallan, VP of Marketing, Ste. Michelle; 6 Warren Bogle, President; Ryan Bogle, VP; and Chris Catterton,
VP, Sales Marketing, Bogle Vineyards;
7 Gianna Franzia, Marketing Director for Bronco Wine, and Charlie Forman.
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