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# Wine Institute Promotes Tyler Rudd to Vice President of State Relations
- URL: https://bevnews.net/wine-institute-promotes-tyler-rudd-to-vice-president-of-state-relations/
- Published: 2026-05-06T05:57:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T05:57:25.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Who & What --

Wine Institute announced the promotion of **Tyler Rudd** to vice president of State Relations, a role he assumed in April 2026\. Rudd, who has served as central states counsel for Wine Institute since June 2016, steps into his new position following the appointment of **Steve Gross** as Wine Institute’s interim resident and CEO.