CPSA Annual Golf Tournament Welcomes Trade Guests

The Connecticut Package Stores Association (CPSA) hosted its 2021 golf tournament at the Whitney Farms Golf Course in Monroe on June 16. More than 150 association members and trade guests gathered for a morning shotgun start to play 18 holes, which also featured a luncheon, raffle prizes and tournament awards. Event sponsors included Anheuser-Busch; Bacardi USA; Constellation Brands Beer Division/Corona Premier; Diageo; Diageo Beer Division/Guinness; Hartford Distributors, Inc.; Molson Coors; Allan S. Goodman; Beam Suntory; Brescome Barton; Brown-Forman; Campari; Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI); Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits; Dichello Distributors/Heineken; E. & J. Gallo Winery; Eder Bros., Inc.; Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.; Kendall-Jackson; Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage Corp. of CT; Palm Bay; Pernod Ricard USA; Proximo Spirits; Slocum & Sons; and Tito’s Handmade Vodka, among others. The CPSA team works on behalf of package store owners on industry issues within each legislative session and offers industry meetings, conferences and events throughout the year.

: All of the Connecticut Package Stores Association (CPSA): Mallory Daley, Sean Hughes, Jean Cronin, Carroll J. Hughes, Dennis White and Curt Hopkins.

: All of CT Beverage Mart except where indicated: Jim Valentine; Ted Downes; Stephen Downes, President, CPSA; and Kevin Downes.

: All of Heineken except where indicated: Geoff Acampora, Dichello Distributors; Mike Loudon; and Nick Morrone.

: Chris Munk, Brescome Barton; Ray Cruciani, Proximo Spirits; Rollo Tommasi, Proximo Spirits; and Ray Collins, Brescome Barton.

: Brett Powell, Tito’s Handmade Vodka; Blaise Tramazzo; and Bill Saroka, Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.

: All of Slocum & Sons except where indicated: Scott Randall; Noah King-Smith; Kevin Hickey, Bacardi USA; and Alex Meier-Tomkins.

: All of Allan S. Goodman: Chris Uriano, Eric Gray, Kurt Graff and Jeffrey Sansone.

: John Slocum, Mark Ryan, Jon Frednya and Steve Slota, Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI).

: All of E. & J. Gallo Winery except where indicated: Jon Terry; TJ Brickley; Bryon Thayer, CDI; and Kevin Mahon.

: All from Hartley & Parker: Paul Angelico, Paul Kalagher, David Rosenberg and Jerry Rosenberg.

: Al Sabre, Beam Suntory; Parag Patel, Turnpike Spirit Shop & Wine Emporium; Harrison Love, Beam Suntory; and Zack Riccobono, White Lightning Liquors.

: Gary Hewitt, Dichello Distributors; Joe Belcourt, Dichello Distributors; Samantha Rolli, Anheuser-Busch; and Katie Clunan, Anheuser-Busch.

: Doug Maloney, Brand Ambassador, Litchfield Distillery poured tastes from the Litchfield Distillery Batchers’ line.

: Kelsey Ferguson and Alex Hughes, Fishers Island Lemonade.

: Larry Sestito, Sazerac and Nick Conti, Northeast Beverage.

: Gusty Bruno, Matt Gleason, Rob Calabrese and Jamie Bruno, Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage.

: Team Diageo: Mark Rappel, Jared Krulicki, Trevor Kendall and Peter Lawson.

: All Eder Bros., Inc., District Sales Managers: Ed Weissauer, Michelle Mauro, Crissy Konetchy and Ralph Anastasio.

: Reed McCary, Dichello Distributors and Matt Redman, Heineken.

: Matt Gzik, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey/Constellation Brands; Matt Snyder, Kendall-Jackson; Neil Cashman, Kendall-Jackson; Steve Mills, Constellation Brands; and Dennis Jimenez, Constellation Brands.

: Team Winebow: Jeff Juliano, Rob Field and Austin Slitt.

: Jeff Van Waes, Joe Powell, Ryan McDonald and Chris Brown, Diageo.

: Mike Bradley, Crazy Bruce’s Liquors; Tony Trienis, Farmingdale Liquors; Steve Fanelli, Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.; and Gary Dritschler, Campari America.

: Michael Lopez-Calleja, Brown-Forman; Tom Kachmarck, Brown-Forman; Mike Wylie, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates; and Dave Heller, Allan S. Goodman.

: Clare Flaherty, Boston Beer Co.; Sean O’Hanlon, Boston Beer Co.; Jim Stack, Hartford Distributors, Inc.; and Tom LaRosa, G&G Beverage Distributors.