Afternoon Brief, June 12th

Sonoma County Wine Auction to Be Hosted at Historic Chateau St. Jean Winery: Sonoma County Vintners Foundation is delighted to announce that the charitable Sonoma County Wine Auction has been renamed as the Sonoma County Wine Celebration and will be held at the beautiful Chateau St. Jean Winery on Saturday, September 21...

Wine on tap programs nationwide are recognized for collectively saving more than 35 million bottles from the landfill with the use of reusable steel kegs to support their wine on tap programs.  Sonoma, CA, July 24, 2023 – Free Flow Wines has announced 20 new winners at the 10th annual KEGGY Awards, recognizing the exceptional impacts these partners have made in reducing waste from the landfill and CO2 emissions. The KEGGY Awards were created in 2014 to recognize winery partners for their commitment to sustainability by choosing reusable stainless-steel kegs - a truly zero-waste package. Each Free Flow keg holds the equivalent of 26 bottles of wine and will eliminate approximately 1,560 bottles from the landfill over its lifetime.  As of today, Free Flow Wines and their partners have saved more than 35 million bottles, or 53 million pounds of waste, from the landfills and the equivalent of over 63 million pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere. Each reusable steel keg will sa

These Eight Iconic Winery Experiences Aim to Spark Wine Wanderlust

From Napa Valley to the Central Coast, these Eight Wineries from Foley Family Wines Offer Exciting Tasting Experiences Throughout California SANTA ROSA, Calif. (August 2, 2021)—With travel back on the agenda for 2021, wineries are welcoming visitors with open arms and a slew of entertaining and engaging experiences that go beyond the usual swirl-and-sip tasting. […]

With growth and new offerings planned for 2021, the DTC software and logistics provider has added Andrea Smalling, a seasoned wine industry leader, to its executive team. American Canyon, Calif. Jan. 5, 2021 – WineDirect is pleased to announce that Andrea Smalling has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing and Sales.  After beginning her career in Toronto with Procter & Gamble, Andrea moved to California to join Gallo Winery, where she worked for 10 years, kicking off a very successful 25+ years marketing career in the wine industry including Vice President of Marketing positions with Constellation, Treasury Wine Estates, and 7 years as CMO with Foley Family Wines where she launched the disruptive Foley Food and Wine Society loyalty program. She then headed to the Okanagan Valley in Canada where she headed up Marketing and Direct to Consumer for Mark Anthony Group and led significant growth across Canada’s most prominent luxury wineries. Most recently, A

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif., (November 12, 2020) – Foley Family Wines is proud to announce that its Chief Marketing Officer, Gerard Thoukis has won the 2020 Wine Star Award for Wine Executive of the Year from Wine Enthusiast magazine. The award highlights individuals that made outstanding achievements over the past year in the wine and alcoholic […] The post Gerard Thoukis of Foley Family Wines Wins “Wine Executive of the Year” Wine Star Award Awarded by Wine Enthusiast Magazine appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/11/12/gerard-thoukis-wins-wine-executive-of-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerard-thoukis-wins-wine-executive-of-year Published Date:Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:25:12 +0000 

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif., (October 13, 2020) – Foley Family Wines is proud to announce that its Chief Marketing Officer, Gerard Thoukis has been nominated for the Wine Executive of the Year, Wine Star award by Wine Enthusiast magazine. The award highlights individuals that have made outstanding achievements over the past year in the wine and […] The post Gerard Thoukis of Foley Family Wines Is Nominated for “Wine Executive of the Year” Wine Star Award from Wine Enthusiast Magazine appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/10/14/gerard-thoukis-nominated-wine-executive-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerard-thoukis-nominated-wine-executive-year Published Date:Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:16:11 +0000 

The North Bay’s Leading Construction Company’s New Division Will Help Wineries Assess, Analyze and Optimize Long-Term Facility Investments (Santa Rosa, Calif.) July 22, 2020 – Tony Simmons, president and partner at Nordby Companies, today announced the formation of Nordby Winery Advisors, a new division of the North Bay’s leading construction company. Nordby Winery Advisors is a consultancy focused on assisting wineries with the analysis and assessment of their facilities to optimize long-term facility investments and capital planning. After building more than one hundred wineries, Nordby has a keen sense of a winery’s operational needs. Nordby Winery Advisors will be led by Tony Simmons, who has been with the company for 20 years, and has overseen numerous high-profile winery projects, including several with Duckhorn Wine Company, Foley Family Wines, Jackson Family Wines, as well as Franciscan Winery, Inglenook Winery, Sequoia Grove Winery, Krupp Bro