
The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Connecticut (WSWC) presented “Wines of the World,” a wine tasting and food pairing event held at the State Capitol in Hartford on June 5. The annual tasting event brings together legislators, lobbyists and state capitol staff with beverage industry professionals. WSWC members, including Allan S. Goodman, Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI), Eder Bros. Inc., Hartley & Parker, Ltd., Opici Family Distributing, Winebow and Slocum & Sons, poured domestic and imported wines from California, Italy and France, among an array of countries and regions.
- Carrie Rand; Lori Bates; Scott Randall, Vice President of Sales Opici Family Distributing; Larry Cafero, Executive Director, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Connecticut.
- From Allan S. Goodman: Chris Uriano, Sarah Darby and Jamie Donahue.
- Opici Family Distributing’s Boyce Kaman.
- Winebow’s Paula Delvecchio.
- Paige Slocum and John Slocum, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Slocum & Sons.
- The Wines of the World Tasting was held at the State Capitol on June 5.
- Steven Downes, President, CPSA Board of Directors and Carrol J. Hughes, Executive Director of the Connecticut Package Store Association.
- Hartley & Parker, Ltd.’s District Managers Angelo Culmo and Drew Hoyle.
- From Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI): Bill Steindl, Director of Business Logistics and Rose McLean, Certified Wine Account Development Specialist.