76 Restaurants from across the country and Mexico receive inaugural ‘Magnum Award’  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (September 2, 2025) – Seventy-six restaurants spanning from Graton, California, to Greenwich, Connecticut, are being honored with the 2025 Sonoma County Magnum Award for their exceptional support and promotion of Sonoma County wines.  Earlier this year, Sonoma County Winegrowers launched this new initiative to recognize restaurants that demonstrate outstanding support for Sonoma County wines and showcasing Sonoma County as a world-class wine region. Each restaurant will receive a uniquely etched magnum bottle, symbolizing their role as an ambassador for Sonoma County’s farmers, winemakers, and wines. During the year, Sonoma County wineries submitted nominations of restaurants they felt were deserving of recognition. Input was also provided by partners, trade, and sommeliers from throughout the country. Restaurants were selected based on key crit

By Cheryl Durzy, LibDib Founder and CEO -  Two major acquisitions have taken place in the wholesale wine and spirits tier recently. Our partner RNDC bought Opici Family Distributing in Florida. Last week, Epic Wine & Spirits was bought by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits in California. It’s inevitable that some alcohol brands will not make the cut. However, there is an option to stay in the market and keep those account relationships: LibDib. Back in my winery days, I would dread M&A announcements in the wholesale tier. I was usually with the wholesaler who was acquired and they were almost always one of my best partners (hence being a good acquisition target!) At least 10 of my mid-sized, family-owned wine and spirits distributors were acquired by one of the “big boys.” More often than not, our family wine brand was not a good fit for the combined portfolio at the larger wholesaler. It’s understandable; our winery was

Concurrent with the Acquisition, Southern Glazer’s will Distribute Foley Family  Wines Across its National Footprint MIAMI and DALLAS, February 8, 2020—Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern  Glazer’s)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has  signed a national distribution agreement with Foley Family Wines (FFW), a family-owned and  operated producer and marketer of […] The post Southern Glazer’s Signs Agreement to Acquire Epic Wines & Spirits   appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/02/08/southern-glazers-acquires-epic-wines-spirits?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southern-glazers-acquires-epic-wines-spirits Published Date:Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:44:17 +0000 

Southern Glazer’s Signs Agreement to Acquire Epic Wines & Spirits: Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has signed a national distribution agreement with Foley Family Wines (FFW), a family-owned and operated producer and marketer of luxury wines... The post Afternoon Brief, February 8th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/02/08/afternoon-brief-1796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1796 Published Date:Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:49:32 +0000