Acquisitions

Sonoma County Winegrowers and Sonoma County Vintners are considering a merger, a response to the tough times the wine industry is experiencing. Winegrowers CEO, Karissa Kruse, Karissa Kruse now focuses her attention on building national partnerships to promote Sonoma County wines. For example: San Francisco Giants, Taste of NFL and

Moon Distributors and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) announced that they have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for Moon Distributors to acquire RNDC’s Arkansas operations. Terms weren't disclosed. Moon Distributors has served Arkansas since 1935 and is one of the state’s longest-standing beverage

Antica Terra, Amity, Ore., has acquired Willakia Vineyard, expanding its estate to 484 contiguous acres in the Eola-Amity Hills, establishing the largest single holding in the AVA. Terms weren't disclosed. “The point was not to make more wine today,” said winemaker Maggie Harrison. “It was to make

Columbia Distributing has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire a stake in Hayden Beverage Company, a family-owned beverage distributor based in Idaho. Financial terms weren't disclosed. The partnership joins two established distributors with aligned supplier relationships, complementary portfolios, and a shared focus on execution,

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) today announced the successful closing of the transaction involving 11 RNDC markets transitioning to Reyes Beverage Group (Reyes). The completed transaction includes the following markets: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The transaction in Hawaii is still