
Slocum & Sons hosted its annual 2018 Spring Trade Tasting at Stony Creek Brewery in Branford on April 11. The event featured a variety of fine wines, along with select spirits and sake. New wines debuted at the show included Tuck Beckstoffer’s Hogwash Rosé, Cooper & Thief Sauvignon Blanc 2016 and natural and biodynamic wines by Louis/Dressner Selections. Sales representatives and suppliers were on hand to discuss portfolio offerings with guests. The event was catered by Assaggio of Branford.
- Josefa Concannon, National Sales Manager, Louis/Dressner Selections and Gia Pascarelli, Senior Brand Manager, Slocum & Sons.
- Albion Alley, New England Area Manager, Sovereign Brands and Kevin Hickey, Regional Sales Manager, Sovereign Brands.
- Kristin Kolk, Northeast Regional Sales Director, Tuck Beckstoffer Wines and Toby Slocum, Salesman, Slocum & Sons.
- Sunny Rajvansh, Sales Representative, Slocum & Sons.
- Masahiro Fukuda, Eastern Regional Manager, Asian Specialty, Sake One.
- Celine Della Ventura, East Coast Manager, Compagnie Medocaine des Grands Crus.
- Brian Scott, Eastern Regional Manager, Saintsbury Winery.
- Blake Gilbert, Northeast Regional Manager, Copper Cane Wines, pouring Clark & Telephone Belle Glos Pinot Noir.
- Kimberly Acker, Brand Ambassador, Vine Ventures, with Cooper & Thief Cellarmasters Red Wine Blend.
- Donal O’Gallachoir, Co-owner and Brand Manager, Glendalough Distillery.
- Lynda Kesselman, Northeast Regional Manager, Chopin Imports, with Clase Azul Reposado Tequila.
- Stephen Klein, Vice President of Sales, Daou Vineyards.
- Dimitrios Zahariadis, Brand Ambassador, Litchfield Distillery.
- Danielle Keating, Northeast Regional Manager, Duckhorn Vineyards.
- Ethan Hunt, Regional Manager Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, Domaine Henoit.
- Douglas MacLeod, Regional Manager, Mionetto Prosecco.
- Kate Cassidy, Northeast Regional Manager, Della Terra, with Vecchia Modena Cleto Chiarli e Figli.
- Bob Kiely, Brand Ambassador; Casey Jones, Events Manager; and Nicole Frechette, Brand Ambassador; all with Vine Ventures for wines from Hess Family Estates.
- Bob Kiely, Brand Ambassador; Casey Jones, Events Manager; and Nicole Frechette, Brand Ambassador, Vine Ventures with wines from Hess Family Estates.
- Jacky Skelly and Trayce Santoro, Brand Ambassadors, Vine Ventures with High West Whiskey.
- Doug Dauria, Cline Cellars.
- Brendan Welsh, Sales Representative, Sloucm & Sons with Clase Azul Reposado Tequila.
- Nicole Ciani, Southern Sales Manager, Haus Alpenz.
- Maura Connolly, Owner and Co-founder, Mad River Distillers, with Mad River Resolution Rye.
- Jerusha Torres, Four Roses Bourbon.
- Peter Yanulis, VP of Sales, Rex Hill.
- Bruce Cole, Regional Director, MA, RI, ME, NH, CT & VT, Dreyfus Ashby and Co., with Ulysses Napa Valley 2013.
- Christine Patrick, Ferrari Carano Representative.