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What I Learned at WSWA 2019

The supplier, the wholesaler and the consultant world descended on Orlando, Florida last week for the annual WSWA convention. It was a collection of people everybody knew, and people hardly

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WSWA Convention Survival Guide

Every year, over a four-day period, the adult beverage world descends on one special location for the WSWA convention. Makers come from all over the globe to meet with distributors,

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Diving Head First into the Booze Business

Spring is springing and summer is not far behind. Backyard events, concerts, and all sorts of warm weather activities. including swimming. Currently I am leaving Miami having spent the last

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What I learned at VinExpo New York 2019

We came to VinExpoNY. We saw VinExpoNY. We left VinExpoNY. As usual it was filled to the brim with suppliers that are incredibly eager to sell into the USA. While

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How the Booze Business Is Just Like the Oscars

Like most of Earth I watched the Oscars last night. Beside the plausible deniability of a Bradly Cooper and Gaga relationship, there was something else that became clear to me.

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Off Premise and On-Premise Battle Royale

I have seen things. I have been on the front lines, and it was horrific. The fight was between budgets and brands. The fight was between trying to catch a

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2019 Is the Year of the Independent Brand

Happy New Year to all. We at BevStrat are so happy to put 2018 in the books. We feel that 2018 was the year that the convergence of sales teams,

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Top 5 Predictions for 2019

We are here again. Like clockwork, December comes and everyone in the adult beverage world looks backwards at their successes and failures, otherwise known as depletions, and then look forward

Afternoon Brief, November 27

California Winery Should Lose Oregon Licenses for Label Violations, Says OLCC: California winery Copper Cane should lose its licenses to distribute wine or do retail business within the state of

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Game-On & Game-Over for the 2018 Selling Season

We at BevStrat hope that everybody had a wonderful holiday weekend that was filled with the ideal amount of family and inventory depletions. We, in my family, fell victim to

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Bet on Yourself in the Booze Game

Musing from 30,000 feet flying from LA to Chicago. There are a few end-of-year comments that need to be made. I am coming back to Chicago after a brief 30